
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
December 6, 1953 (age 72)
Place of Birth
Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden
Also Known As
Magnus von Gertten
Magnus Gösta Gertten
Magnus Gertten
Biography
Magnus Gösta Gertten (born 6 December, 1953; Limhamn, Sweden) is a Swedish documentary film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the brother of documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten.
In his youth, Gertten was a member of the rock band Sieben Slips. He worked for several years as a television and radio journalist before turning to filmmaking in 1998. He has made a total of 15 documentaries for Swedish and international television which have been broadcast and screened at festivals in more than 60 different countries and won numerous awards. He works as a director, producer, narrative consultant and adviser for his film production company Auto Images.


