Alexis Almström
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Alexis Almström | |
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Born | Alexis Almström 25 February 1985 Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work |
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Alexis Almström is a Swedish director screenwriter and musician.
Almström was born in Stockholm. Before he became a movie maker he was a celebrated musician and rapper under the artist name Alexis Weak.[1] He was nominated for a Swedish grammy in 2012 [2] and his debut album won the title "album of the year" in Swedish pop culture magazine Nöjesguiden.[3] Soon after he released his first album he shifted his focus to movies and TV. He has a BA in film directing from the Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art in Stockholm and graduated 2015.[4][5]
In 2015, he worked on the prizewinning short film Mazda, before making his feature film debut with Pink cloud syndrome in 2018.
His first TV-series is based on the acclaimed novel "Top dog" by Jens Lapidus and the series was nominated for "Best series" in Cannes Series 2020.[6]
After that he went on to direct his second feature film JJ+E and the movie was nominated for three Guldbaggen awards (Swedish oscars) and went on to win best male actor in a supporting role for debutant actor Jonay Pineda skallak [7]
In 2022 Alexis headed back to direct the second critically acclaimed season of top dog.[8]
He is married to Swedish actress Hedda Stiernstedt[9]
Filmography
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Type | |
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2015 | Mazda | Mazda | Short | |
2018 | Pink cloud syndrome | Rosa moln | feature | |
2021 | JJ+E | Vinterviken | feature | |
2020-2023 | Top Dog | Top Dog | TV-drama |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.albatrosagency.com/alexis-almstrom
- ^ https://grammis.se/nominerade/arets-hiphop-soul-2012/
- ^ "Årets bästa skivor 2011".
- ^ https://www.uniarts.se/folk/studenter/alexis-almström/
- ^ "Alexis Almström".
- ^ https://2020.canneseries.com/en/series/top-dog-1/
- ^ https://www.guldbaggen.se/nominering/jonay-pineda-skallak/
- ^ "Recension: Top Dog (Säsong 2)".
- ^ "Hedda Stiernstedt har gift sig med Alexis Almström | ELLE". 12 January 2022.