Jonas Grimås
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Jonas Grimås is a Swedish film director today based in London. He was educated at Dramatiska Institutet 1987-89 and then the Royal College of Art
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In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with Artisten. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with Marooned.
He started out working on Swedish soap-operas but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV
’s Heartbeat having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of , Hamish Macbeth
, Silent Witness
and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
starring Clive Owen.
While based in London he has taken on Swedish projects directing two Inspector Kurt Wallander
films and the high profile job of turning Camilla Läckberg
best-selling novels Predikanten (The Preacher) and Isprinsessan (The Ice Princess) into television among others.
Grimås is at present working on several projects, four feature film scripts, and two drama series currently in production.
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
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In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with Artisten. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with Marooned.
He started out working on Swedish soap-operas but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
’s Heartbeat having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of , Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
Hamish Macbeth is a television series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton . The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the north coast of Scotland. The titular...
, Silent Witness
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...
and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
Second Sight (TV series)
Second Sight was a British television crime drama written by Paula Milne that aired on BBC One from 2000 to 2001.- Premise :Second Sight is the story of Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner , a maverick cop who finds out he has a rare disease and is going blind....
starring Clive Owen.
While based in London he has taken on Swedish projects directing two Inspector Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. The protagonist of several mystery novels, set in and around the town of Ystad, 60 km south-east of the city of Malmö, in the southern province of Skåne...
films and the high profile job of turning Camilla Läckberg
Camilla Läckberg
Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Eriksson is a Swedish crime writer.A common theme in Läckberg's books is that all are traditionally set in or around her birthplace, the small Swedish west coast town of Fjällbacka...
best-selling novels Predikanten (The Preacher) and Isprinsessan (The Ice Princess) into television among others.
Grimås is at present working on several projects, four feature film scripts, and two drama series currently in production.