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Simon Staho

Director, WriterBorn June 2, 1972 (53 years)
Danish film director Simon Staho (born 1972) has worked with a number of renowned Swedish actors, including Mikael Persbrandt, Noomi Rapace, Pernilla August and Erland Josephson.

Staho’s first feature film Vildspor/Wildside (1998) was shot in Iceland and starred Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. It was selected for the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Variety wrote in its review: “A solidly crafted thriller with links to classic film noir, though the bleakly beautiful Icelandic settings invest this tale of friendship and betrayal with a distinct ambience. Intelligent and suspenseful fare.”

Known For

  • Day and Night
  • Daisy Diamond
  • Wildside
  • Bang bang orangutang
  • Himlens hjärta
  • Now
  • Magi i luften
  • The Miracle
  • Warriors of Love

Filmography

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