Directing
Community Rating
6.7
TMDB estimate
Born
April 3, 1956 (age 70)
Born in
Malmö, Sweden
Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten was a Swedish filmmaker and journalist. Gertten had a prolific career spanning journalism across continents—Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe—through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1995, he authored the travel book "Ung man söker världen" (Young Man Looking for the World) under the Gong Gong förlag publishing. His journalistic contributions extended to newspapers like Arbetet until its closure in 2000 and Kvällsposten from 2001 to 2003. Gertten ventured into television production, producing documentaries and entertainment shows for Swedish channels SVT, TV 4, and TV 3. Notably, in 2009, his production company faced a defamation lawsuit from Dole Food Company following the US screening of "Bananas!"—a documentary exploring a conflict between Dole and Nicaraguan banana plantation workers over alleged sterility cases linked to the pesticide DBCP. The court eventually ruled in favor of Gertten's production company, inspiring his 2011 documentary "Big Boys Gone Bananas!" highlighting the legal battle.
Breaking Social
as Director
2023
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Push
as Director, Executive Producer
2019
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Bikes vs Cars
as Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2015
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Becoming Zlatan
as Director
2015
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Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
as Director
2012
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Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
as Self, Director, Writer
2011
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Love Always, Carolyn
as Executive Producer
2011
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Bananas!*
as Director, Producer
2009
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The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
as Director
2007
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Thin Ice
as Executive Producer
2006
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The death of a working man's newspaper
as Director
2006
—An Ordinary Family
as Director
2005
—Bye Bye Malmö
as Director
2003
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Blådårar 2 - Vägen tillbaka
as Director
2002
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Gå på vatten
as Writer, Producer, First Assistant Camera, Director
2000
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Blådårar - Om kärleken till ett fotbollslag
as Director, Writer
1998
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