Maj Wechselmann
Maj Wechselmann (born 1 April 1942, in Copenhagen), is a Danish-Swedish documentary director and filmmaker, known for expressing radical social criticism in her documentaries. She went through drama school in Odense, and studied film directing at the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm in the early 1970s. Her breakthrough as a documentary filmmaker was in 1972 with Viggen 37: Ett militärplans historia, about the Swedish Saab 37 Viggen combat aircraft.
Maj Wechselmann
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- Name
- Maj Wechselmann
- Born
- 1 April 1942
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Occupation
- Director, documentary filmmaker
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Honours
- Lenin Award (Sweden) · Moa award
- Languages
- Swedish
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Maj Wechselmann (born 1 April 1942, in Copenhagen), is a Danish-Swedish documentary director and filmmaker, known for expressing radical social criticism in her documentaries. She went through drama school in Odense, and studied film directing at the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm in the early 1970s. Her breakthrough as a documentary filmmaker was in 1972 with Viggen 37: Ett militärplans historia, about the Swedish Saab 37 Viggen combat aircraft.
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Wechselmann's films often deal with themes such as international solidarity and current political events, and her perspective is that of the political left. She is a member of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet), and was a Left Party candidate in the Swedish European Parliament election of 2009. She is sometimes controversial, and has been described as pugnacious and humourless, but her critics also remark on the strong pathos that drives her work. • Illustration — Maj Wechselmann in 1990 She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society's peace prize the Lenin Award, and the Moa Award.
Maj Wechselmann på ABF i Stockholm 14 september 2012.
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• Name — Maj Wechselmann • Born — 1 April 1942 • Birthplace — Copenhagen, Denmark • Occupation — Director, documentary filmmaker
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- 1.Maj Wechselmann. Nationalencyklopedin.
- 2.Öhrström, Kerstin. Maj Wechselmann. Vem är hon: kvinnor i Sverige: biografisk uppslagsbok. 1988. 91-1-863422-2.
- 3.Swedish Election Authority. Val till Europaparlamentet - Valsedlar.
- 4.Junström, Marika. Maj Wechselmann. The Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. 2014.
- 5.Berg, Mattias. Wechselmann beskriver kriget backstage. Sveriges Radio. 23 March 2004.
- 6.Espinoza, Isabelle. "Drivs av ett stilla patos". Sveriges Television. 11 January 2013.
- 7.Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society. Fredsordförande omvald. 18 May 2009.
- 8.Maj Wechselmann Leninpriset.
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