Awards & Winners

Jonas Grimås

Date of Birth 07-August-1958
Place of Birth Uppsala
(Sweden)
Nationality Sweden
Also know as Jonas Grimas, Jonas Kristofer Ulfson Grimås
Profession Film director, Television Director, Screenwriter
Jonas Grimås is a Swedish film director today based in London. He was educated at Dramatiska Institutet 1987-89 and then the Royal College of Art. In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with Artisten. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with Marooned. He started out working on Swedish soap-operas but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV’s Heartbeat having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of, Hamish Macbeth, Silent Witness and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind starring Clive Owen. While based in London he has taken on Swedish projects directing two Inspector Kurt Wallander films and the high profile job of turning Camilla Läckberg best-selling novels Predikanten and Isprinsessan into television among others. Grimås is at present working on a motion picture about the The von Sydow Murders.

Awards by Jonas Grimås

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jonas Grimås.

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Marooned

1988


BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
Honored for : Artisten

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Artisten