Marie-Louise Ekman

Directing

Marie-Louise Ekman

Born

1944-11-05 (81)

Place of birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage by the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944), is a Swedish painter and film director. She is a professor of Art and former rector at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Since 2009 Ekman is Managing Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden's national stage. Married 1966-1971 to the artist Carl Johan De Geer, 1971-1980 to the director and writer Johan Bergenstråhle, and 1989-2017 to actor and stage director Gösta Ekman.

Known for

Skavlan poster
5.0

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

Skavlan

2009

Min sanning poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Min sanning

2012

The Guldbagge Awards poster
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer poster
6.0

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

2022

Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar poster
NR

She has been on stage for over sixty years and has played all the great female roles. Now she is working on a new play, but at the same time she is facing the end at the age of 83 – and it doesn’t feel nice. Already in 1969, Marie met her great love, the actor Jan Malmsjö. Now she talks about the great passion that struck her even though she was already married, and about what everyday love looks like in older age.

Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar

2026

Konst poster
NR

"Art" - A different kind of Art film. One that takes the liberty to amplify and invent freely along the basis of reality. A film that speaks for the artist.

Konst

1980

Film credits

Series credits

Skavlan poster
5.0

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

Skavlan

2009

Min sanning poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Min sanning

2012

The Guldbagge Awards poster
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

Behind the camera

Mother, Father, Child poster
7.0

During an afternoon and evening, we follow a family's everyday life. From the child's perspective, we see how the bizarre the world can seem sometimes.

Mother, Father, Child

1977

Mother, Father, Child poster
7.0

During an afternoon and evening, we follow a family's everyday life. From the child's perspective, we see how the bizarre the world can seem sometimes.

Mother, Father, Child

1977

Dad Is Tired Again poster
6.3

An enterprising star agent and party-maker is a heavy drinker. He is struggling to keep everything moving. He tries to get his life in shape, but is surrounded by chaos.

Dad Is Tired Again

1996

Dad Is Tired Again poster
6.3

An enterprising star agent and party-maker is a heavy drinker. He is struggling to keep everything moving. He tries to get his life in shape, but is surrounded by chaos.

Dad Is Tired Again

1996

The Elephant Walk poster
7.5

A young girl dreams of a birthday party, where family and friends from her day-care center are invited. But in fact, her parents are always quarreling.

The Elephant Walk

1979

The Elephant Walk poster
7.5

A young girl dreams of a birthday party, where family and friends from her day-care center are invited. But in fact, her parents are always quarreling.

The Elephant Walk

1979

The Secret Friend poster
6.5

A woman humiliates and shouts at her husband, before she ties him up and disappears. He frees himself and calls a friend who comes over. He tries to tell the friend how his wife treats him but the friend does not seem to understand or accept what he is saying. The man then puts on his wife’s negligee and suggest a role-play in order for the friend to understand better. The man plays his wife while the friend plays the man. After a while they switch roles. Later the wife returns with a male friend, a psychologist, to find her husband and his friend in female attire.

The Secret Friend

1990

The Secret Friend poster
6.5

A woman humiliates and shouts at her husband, before she ties him up and disappears. He frees himself and calls a friend who comes over. He tries to tell the friend how his wife treats him but the friend does not seem to understand or accept what he is saying. The man then puts on his wife’s negligee and suggest a role-play in order for the friend to understand better. The man plays his wife while the friend plays the man. After a while they switch roles. Later the wife returns with a male friend, a psychologist, to find her husband and his friend in female attire.

The Secret Friend

1990

Hallo Baby poster
5.0

About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.

Hallo Baby

1976

Sagan om den lilla flickan och den stora kärleken poster
NR

"The story of the little girl and the great love" - about a woman of short stature who is pondering the conditions of life when she meets a man who abandons her and their mutual child.

Sagan om den lilla flickan och den stora kärleken

1986

Fadern, sonen och den helige ande... poster
7.0

About an unemployed father's relationship with his son. The father explores his innermost desires. Dancing ballet in red tulle skirt is one.

Fadern, sonen och den helige ande...

1987

Fadern, sonen och den helige ande... poster
7.0

About an unemployed father's relationship with his son. The father explores his innermost desires. Dancing ballet in red tulle skirt is one.

Fadern, sonen och den helige ande...

1987

Moderna människor poster
9.0

Satire ridicule the idyllic Christmas time. In theatrical tableaux, we meet a group of eccentric, Christmas celebrating people, including a manic-cleaning dwarf.

Moderna människor

1983

Moderna människor poster
9.0

Satire ridicule the idyllic Christmas time. In theatrical tableaux, we meet a group of eccentric, Christmas celebrating people, including a manic-cleaning dwarf.

Moderna människor

1983

Asta Nilsson's companion poster
8.0

A very old lady has lost her way in a city and a distinguished gentleman decides to follow her home.

Asta Nilsson's companion

2005

Asta Nilsson's companion poster
8.0

A very old lady has lost her way in a city and a distinguished gentleman decides to follow her home.

Asta Nilsson's companion

2005

Stilleben poster
10.0

A young man is hiding in the bushes. His clothing and hair indicates it's the 1700s. The young man tears out a page of a book and wrap a string around it. He approaches a girl and hands over the book page to her.

Stilleben

1985

Powder poster
8.0

A tiny theatrical company turns into a war zone of egos as a new play goes into rehearsal in this broad comedy from Sweden. A camera crew from a television outlet is on hand to shoot a commercial as a harried director tries to put her cast through their paces. Not everyone, however, feels like cooperating; her two leading men seem to be competing over who gets most of the spotlight, much to the annoyance of the female star, while the troupe's makeup artist has a plan of his own.

Powder

2001