Jonas Grimås

Directing

Jonas Grimås

Born

1958-08-17 (68)

Place of birth

Uppsala, Sweden

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988. He was educated at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, and then the Royal College of Art in London. 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. In 2011 he was named "Cultural Personality of the Year" by the Stockholms Kultur Foundation. Grimås started out working on Swedish soap operas but has made a name for himself by 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…

Known for

Behind the camera

The Thief poster
NR

A businessman. A homeless man. £20.

The Thief

2019

Wallander: The Photographer poster
5.3

When an American tourist is found murdered after visiting an internationally renowned photographer, her husband believes she was having an affair. Kurt Wallander decides to investigate.

Wallander: The Photographer

2006

No artwork available
7.0

While hiding his own rapidly deteriorating eyesight, a detective investigates the murder of a black youth leader.

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind

2001

Wallander: The Trickster poster
4.9

While Kurt Wallander works on a murder case involving a charming yet evil horse dealer who plays on the vulnerability of lonely women, he finds himself romantically involved with a married woman.

Wallander: The Trickster

2006

Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess poster
4.9

Erica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered

Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess

2007

Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess poster
4.9

Erica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered

Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess

2007

Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher poster
5.1

A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.

Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher

2007

Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher poster
5.1

A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.

Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher

2007

Marooned poster
10.0

The film centers around Peter Camaron, who works at Left Luggage at a train station.

Marooned

1994

No artwork available
NR

A man with a battered, jangling suitcase appears in an airport out of nowhere. The surprised customs officer, ever more confused, gets a free ticket for a performance he will never forget.

The Artist

1987

No artwork available
NR

A man with a battered, jangling suitcase appears in an airport out of nowhere. The surprised customs officer, ever more confused, gets a free ticket for a performance he will never forget.

The Artist

1987