Lasse Hallström


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06/01/1946
Stockholm, Sweden
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Shot one of his first films, about a group of friends starting a band, while still in high school; it aired on Swedish television.
Breakthrough film was Swedish-language drama My Life as a Dog (1985), which won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Started his professional career directing music videos for Swedish pop group Abba, and went on to film the feature ABBA: The Movie (1977).
First American movie was 1991 romantic comedy Once Around, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter.