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Jerry Carlsson
Profession:
Director
Country:
Sweden
Jerry Carlsson is a Swedish director and screenwriter with a BFA and MFA in Filmmaking from Valand Academy. His acclaimed short films, including The Night Train, Successful Thawing of Mr Moro and Shadow Animals, have competed in Venice, Locarno, Toronto, Tribeca, Aspen, Palm Springs and Clermont-Ferrand. His works have won both the Special Jury Prize and the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, and Best Nordic Short at Nordisk Panorama twice. His films have been sold to Disney+, SVT, Canal+, France 3 and Criterion Channel.
Jerry has participated in Berlinale Talents, Nordic Film Lab and EFP’s FUTURE FRAMES at KVIFF. He recently directed two episodes of Netflix’s Young Royals Season 3. In 2025, he won the Ingmar Bergman Script Award for his feature screenplay Invasion.
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