Director 65 years old

Björn Runge

Lysekil, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]

Björn Lennart Runge, born 21 June 1961 is a Swedish director and author. He was nominated for The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006 for "Mun mot mun". Björn Runge has worked in film since he was 20, and has worked with Roy Andersson, amongst others. He graduated from the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles

The Wife

Björn Runge 2017 1h 40m 6.0

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Happy End

Björn Runge 2011 1h 37m 5.0

Five people are at a crossroads in their life. Jonna, Peter, Katrine, Asger and Mårten are connected to each other, but avoid the truth. Their lives are made up of lies and they wait for truth to lead them in another direction.

Om jag vänder mig om

Björn Runge 2003 1h 50m 5.0

Three loosely intertwined stories of betrayal and human weakness take place on the same day in a small Swedish town.

Harry & Sonja

Björn Runge 1996 1h 37m 5.0

Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. One day he meets the cleaning lady Sonja.