Lasse Hallstrom

Lars

Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He was nominated

for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)

(1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999). Hallström

learned his craft making music videos, in particular for the group ABBA. Since

the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he was

nominated for Academy Awards for writing and directing, Hallström has worked in

American movies. His first notable American success was What's Eating Gilbert

Grape (1993). He reached his greatest level of prominence when he was nominated

for an Academy Award for best director for the critically acclaimed movie The

Cider House Rules (1999) and then later directed the well-received film

Chocolat (2000), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best

Picture. His 2012

film The Hypnotist was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign

Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final

shortlist.

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