Biography

Jimmy was born in the south of Sweden in 1980 and moved to Stockholm 2004 where he is based today. He started to work with film in 2002 and have worked in almost every position there is behind the camera. He went to film school for two years in 2004 in Stockholm. He is known for Alive ( short) Repressed ( short) and 2nd Class (short) Jimmy usually writes comedy or pretty dark drama, with a little bit of comedy in it. He is inspired by well written dialogue and strong realistic performances from actors. In 2018 he made 2nd class and it toured around the world playing over 160 festivals and claimed 53 awards. Now he is touring with the new short Alive which has already claimed some heavy awards on the circuit. Jimmy likes to study and listen to people around him, capture the reality and give it a funny twist. He gets really inspired by filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovskij, Roy Andersson, Michael Haneke, Fassbinder, Dardenne brothers and many many more. Right now he is developing three features and two TV-series.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jimmy Olsson