Claes Olsson
Directing · Producer · Director · Writer
Born Nov 28, 1948 · Helsinki, Finland
Active 1980–present · Awards: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Claes Olsson is a Finnish-Swedish director, producer and screenwriter. Many of Olsson's films are based on scripts of Finnish-Swedish authors. Claes Olsson is the father of director and documentarist Iris Olsson.
Filmography
In Bed with Santa (1999) — Co-ProducerKummeli Stories (1995) — ProducerRaid (2003) — ProducerElina: As If I Wasn't There (2003) — Executive ProducerThe Ketchup Effect (2004) — Co-ProducerXenia of St. Petersburg (1999) — ProducerTrain Birds (1998) — ProducerSanokaa mitä näitte (1993) — ProducerThe New Man (2007) — Executive ProducerSincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2000) — DirectorWrist Watch (1989) — Writer · DirectorThe Handcuff King (2002) — ProducerApinan vuosi (1983) — ProducerYellow Sulphur Sky (2021) — News reporter (voice) · Screenplay · Director · ProducerPizza Passionata (2001) — ProducerMystery of the Wolf (2006) — Executive ProducerJon (1983) — Production ManagerM.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein (1994) — DirectorKarl and Marilyn (2003) — Co-ProducerThe Kiss of a Sparrow (1992) — Writer · DirectorThe Glass Pearl (2017) — ProducerShades of Happiness (2005) — Director · ProducerFlame Top (1980) — ProducerKites Over Helsinki (2001) — Producer