Jan Lindqvist

Jan Lindqvist, born 1941, in Säffle, is a Swedish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, best known for his collaboration with director/writer Stefan Jarl in "Dom kallar oss mods/They Call Us Misfits" (1968). Jan Lindqvist made his first official documentary in 1962, "Medevi brunn", was accepted at the Filmskolan in Stockholm where he met with Stefan Jarl. The two explored the offbeat parts of the city, made a couple of short documentaries on youth issues and became well known through the feature film "Dom kallar oss mods". They used up the money they had made on that film to create the ultimate documentary called "Förvandla Sverige/ Transform Sweden", fired some 10 000 meters till they run out of funds. In the 70's Jan Lindqvist produced a couple of films with Marie Cederquist in Latin America. "Tiden är en dröm/ Time is a Dream" (1999) - a film about Sweden 1859-1879. Jan Lindqvist has received a large number of awards over the years including two Guldbaggar.