Linda-Maria Birbeck

Linda-Maria Birbeck
Birbeck in 2015
Born	(1974-12-25) 25 December 1974 (age 50) Karlstad, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish

Linda-Maria Birbeck (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish director, screenwriter, cinematographer and photographer. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Birbeck studied film and photography at Amsterdam University of the Arts in the Netherlands. Upon graduation she began working on film and television sets across northern Europe. Birbeck started her career mainly as a Documentary film maker and photographer. ^[3] Around 2008 she began writing screenplays her first major work was titled Zorro. continued writing screenplays and got into directing around 2011. She directed her first Swedish language feature film Som en Zorro in 2012. The film received positive attention in Sweden and won a best film audience voted award at the 2012 Gothenburg Film Festival. In 2013 she was the head cinematographer for Shed No Tears. ^{[4] [5]} In 2015 Birbeck wrote and directed two Swedish language films Hitta Bort and Det borde finnas regler.

In 2016 Birbeck directed Drakhjärta which led to a popular Nordic television show by the same name. ^[6]

Filmography

Linda-Maria Birbeck filmography

Year	Work	Role
		Director	Writer	Camera
2012	Som en Zorro
2013	Shed No Tears
2015	Hitta Bort
2015	Det borde finnas regler
2016	Drakhjärta
2016–	Drakhjärta (TV)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Refs
2012	Göteborg Film Festival Audience Award	Som en Zorro	Won	[7]
2015	Nordic International Film Festival Best Feature Film	Det borde finnas regler	Won	[8] [9]
2015	Woodstock Film Festival Best Female Director		Won	[10] [11]

References

1. "2015 Woodstock Film Festival online schedule and tickets". www.woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. "Linda-Maria Birbeck". Holland. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
3. jul 2013 13:50, Av Isabelle Lundqvist 15. "Känn ingen sorg för mig, Göteborg". sourze.se. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
4. Lumholdt, Jan (2 October 2015). "Sympatisk trio på väg mot vuxenvärlden". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN   1101-2412 . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
5. "Fint fångad tonårsförvirring". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
6. Drakhjärta , retrieved 31 January 2020
7. "Linda-Maria Birbeck". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
8. "Just Like Zorro – Movie details – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck". www.nordische-filmtage.de. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
9. "Nordisk Panorama – Awards 2012". old.nordiskpanorama.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
10. "recordonline.com". www.recordonline.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
11. "Woodstock Film Festival hands out awards". recordonline.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

External links

• Linda-Maria Birbeck at IMDb
• Linda-Maria Birbeck at Rotten Tomatoes