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