Johan Brisinger

Johan Brisinger (born 4 October 1965) is a Swedish film writer and director. As a child, Brisinger spent a great time in England, picking up a fascination with moving pictures. He discovered still photography and 8-millimeter film, and began making elaborate home movies while still in grade school.

After graduating with a Bachelor's degree from USC in 1989, Brisinger worked as an assistant editor at Warner Brothers. Wanting to make a leap into directing, he took his student reel and an independently produced short film back home to Stockholm, where he began directing commercials and music videos. Brisinger and his films have won awards in both Scandinavian and global markets.

The short film Passing Hearts, which Brisinger wrote and directed in 2004, was honoured with several awards at film festivals around the world, including the audience award at the Berlinale.[1] At the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, it came in second in the adult live action category.[2]

In 2005, Brisinger formed the film production company Drama Svecia with partner and producer Mikael Flodell, owner/CEO of the Stockholm commercial production company Flodellfilm.

In 2006, Brisinger made his debut as a feature film writer and director with the drama Suddenly (Underbara älskade), starring Michael Nyqvist and Anastasious Soulis. The film premiered in Sweden in December 2006 and received favourable reviews from major Swedish film critics. It also won the Peoples Choice Award at the Guldbagge Awards in 2007.[3]

His second feature, Among Us (Änglavakt), starring Nyqvist, Izabella Scorupco, and Tchéky Karyo was released in Sweden in March 2010.[4][5]