Lasse Hallstrom
- Born: 6 Jun, 1946
A popular writer-director of comedies in his native Sweden, Lasse Hallstrom segued to a fairly successful Hollywood career in the early 1990s without abandoning his European sensibilities. Hallstrom has demonstrated an impressive flair for directing actors in general and children in particular. He is attracted to emotional family-related material but deftly avoids sentimentality. Hallstrom gained an international audience with "My Life as a Dog" (1985), an irresistibly bittersweet comedy adapted from Reidar Jonsson's autobiographical novel about the misadventures of a 12-year-old sent to live with relatives in 1950s rural Sweden. When it was released in the US in 1987, the film earned Hallstrom Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay (which he co-wrote).
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FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father :
- mother :
- son Johan Hallstrom: born c. 1976; mother, Hallstrom's first wife
- step-son August Ramberg: son of Lena Olin and Orjan Ramberg
- daughter Tora Hallstrom: born c. 1995; mother, Lena Olin
- wife : married c. 1974; divorced in the 1980s; mother of Johan
- wife Lena Olin: married on March 18, 1994; had son from prior relationship; mother of Hallstrom's daughter Tora; first worked together on "Chocolat" (2000)
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