Lasse Hallstrom
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Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director.
He began producing virtually all music videos produced by the ABC corporation and then became a feature film producer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for My Life as a Dog (1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999).
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Chocolat (2000) were two of his celebrated directorial works.
Early life
Hallström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Nils Hallström, his father, was a dentist, and his mother, Karin Lyberg (1907–2000), was a writer. Ernst Lyberg, his maternal grandfather, served as the Minister of Finance in Carl Gustaf Ekman's first cabinet (1926–1928) and leader of Sweden's Liberal Party (1930-1933). In 1939, his father became fascinated with filmmaking, and he directed Sommarstad.
Personal life
Malou Hallström married journalist and actress Malou Hallström (1941-2005), with whom he has one child, Johan (b). (1976) In 1981, the couple wed. He met actress Lena Olin in 1990 and married on March 18, 1994. Tora (b. ), the couple's two children, Tora (b.) resides in Bedford, New York, and they have two children. F. Auguste Rahmberg (b. 1996) and a child from Lena Olin's first marriage. 1984 (noticeably): They also have a home in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hallström is vegan.
Career
Hallström attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He made his directorial debut in 1973, directing the comedy series "Pappas pojkar" for Swedish TV. He frequently collaborated with comic actors Magnus Härenstam and Brasse Brännström during his Swedish period. Between 1974 and 1982, Hallström worked with the Swedish group ABBA on many of their promotional videos and also directed their 1977 film ABBA: The Movie.
After the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for writing and directing, Hallström has since worked in Hollywood. His first English-language film was Once Around, but his first notable English-language success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio's performance as a mentally impaired youth earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and he won that award at the National Board of Review Awards.
Hallström's ability to elicit award-winning performances from the cast in a variety of stories adapted from novels was further solidified in his films over the next two decades. In 1999, Hallström was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for The Cider House Rules (1999). The film earned six additional Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, with Michael Caine winning the Best Supporting Actor award and John Irving winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
He followed that success the following year by directing Chocolat (2000), starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench. The film was a critical and box-office success, earning Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations, including for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Binoche and Dench won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively at both the European Film Awards and the Screen Actors' Guild awards.
His 2001 film The Shipping News, adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx and starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett, won him a directorial Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its lead and supporting actors.
His 2011 film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday and starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in the Comedy or Musical category, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor for McGregor, and Best Actress for Blunt. The film was nominated for the European Film Awards People's Choice Award.
His 2012 film The Hypnotist was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
His 2017 film, A Dog's Purpose, based on the 2010 novel of the same name, is billed as "a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs".