Colin Nutley

Colin Nutley (b. 1944, Gosport, England) studied at Portsmouth Art College and then worked as a documentarist for the BBC and Channel 4. While shooting a miniseries about a British au pair, "Annika" (1984), he ended up in Sweden where he also shot a documentary about life in a small country town. This later inspired him to make House of Angels (Änglagård, 1992) and the sequel House of Angels: The Second Summer (Änglagård – andra sommaren, 1994), one of the most popular Swedish films of recent years. He remained faithful to Sweden in his feature debut as well, the black comedy The Ninth Company (Nionde kompaniet, 1987). His other films include the love story Black Jack (1990), the black comedy The Last Dance (Sista dansen, 1993), the tragicomedy Such Is Life (Sånt är livet, 1996), the period tale Under the Sun (Under solen, 1998; nominated for an Oscar, Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian), Gossip (2000) and Paradise (Paradiset, 2003).

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