Lasse Hallström

Lars Sven Lasse Hallström born June 2 1946 is a Swedish film director He has been nominated for three Academy Awards two for My Life as a Dog Mitt liv som hund 1985 Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and one for The Cider House Rules 1999 Best Director Hallström learned his craft making music videos in particular for the group ABBA Since the international success of My Life as a Dog 1985 Hallström has worked in American movies His first notable American success was Whats Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 He reached his greatest level of prominence when he directed The Cider House Rules 1999 and Chocolat 2000 both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture His 2012 film The Hypnotist was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist Description above from the Wikipedia article Lasse Hallström licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia