Linda-Maria Birbeck

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Linda-Maria Birbeck
Birbeck in 2015
Born (1974-12-25) 25 December 1974 (age 49)
Karlstad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish

Linda-Maria Birbeck (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish director, screenwriter, cinematographer and photographer.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Birbeck studied film and photography at Amsterdam University of the Arts in the Netherlands. Upon graduation she began working on film and television sets across northern Europe. Birbeck started her career mainly as a Documentary film maker and photographer.[3] Around 2008 she began writing screenplays her first major work was titled Zorro. continued writing screenplays and got into directing around 2011. She directed her first Swedish language feature film Som en Zorro in 2012. The film received positive attention in Sweden and won a best film audience voted award at the 2012 Gothenburg Film Festival. In 2013 she was the head cinematographer for Shed No Tears.[4][5] In 2015 Birbeck wrote and directed two Swedish language films Hitta Bort and Det borde finnas regler.

In 2016 Birbeck directed Drakhjärta which led to a popular Nordic television show by the same name.[6]

Filmography[edit]

Linda-Maria Birbeck filmography
Year Work Role
Director Writer Camera
2012 Som en Zorro Yes
2013 Shed No Tears Yes
2015 Hitta Bort Yes Yes
2015 Det borde finnas regler Yes Yes
2016 Drakhjärta Yes
2016– Drakhjärta (TV) Yes

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Work Result Refs
2012 Göteborg Film Festival Audience Award Som en Zorro Won [7]
2015 Nordic International Film Festival Best Feature Film Det borde finnas regler Won [8][9]
2015 Woodstock Film Festival Best Female Director Won [10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 Woodstock Film Festival online schedule and tickets". www.woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Linda-Maria Birbeck". Holland. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ jul 2013 13:50, Av Isabelle Lundqvist 15. "Känn ingen sorg för mig, Göteborg". sourze.se. Retrieved 31 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Lumholdt, Jan (2 October 2015). "Sympatisk trio på väg mot vuxenvärlden". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Fint fångad tonårsförvirring". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ Drakhjärta, retrieved 31 January 2020
  7. ^ "Linda-Maria Birbeck". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Just Like Zorro – Movie details – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck". www.nordische-filmtage.de. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Nordisk Panorama – Awards 2012". old.nordiskpanorama.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  10. ^ "recordonline.com". www.recordonline.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Woodstock Film Festival hands out awards". recordonline.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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