Marie-Louise Ekman

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer

November 5, 1944 (81 years)
Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage by the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944), is a Swedish painter and film director. She is a professor of Art and former rector at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Since 2009 Ekman is Managing Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden's national stage. Married 1966-1971 to the artist Carl Johan De Geer, 1971-1980 to the director and writer Johan Bergenstråhle, and 1989-2017 to actor and stage director Gösta Ekman.

Known For

  • The Elephant Walk
    The Elephant Walk1979
  • Dad Is Tired Again
    Dad Is Tired Again1996
  • Hallo Baby
    Hallo Baby1976
  • Powder
    Powder2001
  • The Secret Friend
    The Secret Friend1990
  • Asta Nilsson's companion
    Asta Nilsson's companion2005
  • Provocation
    Provocation1972
  • Mother, Father, Child
    Mother, Father, Child1977
  • Moderna människor
    Moderna människor1983
  • Fadern, sonen och den helige ande
    Fadern, sonen och den helige ande1987
  • Stilleben
    Stilleben1985