Johan von Sydow

In this Swedish name, the surname is von Sydow.

Johan von Sydow
Born	1961  Boden

Johan von Sydow (born 1961) is a Swedish director and writer. He is known for his 2011 documentary Sagan om Jussi (Saga of Jussi) and internationally as the director of the 2020 documentary film Tiny Tim: King for a Day.

Career

Johan von Sydow was born in 1961 and grew up in Boden, Sweden. ^[1] He started working for Sveriges Television in 1993. ^{[1] [2]} Between the 2000s and 2010s, he directed several documentaries like Mare Kandre - Det är jag som är ett geni and Sagan om Jussi, the latter which received critical acclaim for focusing on the distinct character of the opera singer Jussi Björling. ^{[3] [4]} In 2020, he directed a documentary on American musician Tiny Tim titled Tiny Tim: King for a Day which examines the fame and personal life of the musician, with "Weird Al" Yankovic narrating the documentary. ^{[5] [6]} The documentary premiered in August 2020 in Canada, and in New York and selected theatres in the United States on 23 April 2021. ^{[5] [7]}

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2009	Mare Kandre - Det är jag som är ett geni	Yes	Yes	No	English translation: "Mare Kandre: I Am a Genius" TV movie Documentary
2011	Sagan om Jussi	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie Documentary
2013	The Artist Who Disappeared	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie Documentary
	Ratata Through the 80s	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie Documentary
2020	Tiny Tim: King for a Day	Yes	No	No	Documentary
	Det finns så många vägar - en film om John Holm	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie Documentary

References

1. Malmqvist, Moa (9 November 2020). ""Tiny Tim brydde sig inte om folk skrattade åt honom, så länge han fick synas"" [Tiny Tim did not care if people laughed at him, as long as he was seen]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
2. "The Jussi Björling Saga". jimff.org. Jecheon International Music & Film Festival. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
3. "JOHAN VON SYDOW - Director". momentofilm.se. Momento Film. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
4. Löfvendahl, Bo (1 February 2011). "Sverige firar Jussi" [Sweden celebrates Jussi]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
5. Topel, Fred (1 April 2021). "'Weird Al' Yankovic speaks for Tiny Tim in documentary trailer". upi.com. United Press International . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
6. Murray, Noel (2021-04-22). "Review: There was more to Tiny Tim than tiptoeing through the tulips". The LA Times. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
7. Cederskog, Georg (12 June 2020). "Svensk Tiny Tim-dokumentär får premiär i Montreal" [Swedish documentary on Tiny Tim set to premiere at Montreal]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2021.

External links

• Johan von Sydow at IMDb
• Johan von Sydow at the Swedish Film Database
• (in Swedish) Svensk-filmdatabas