Ella Lemhagen

Ella Elisabet Lemhagen (born 29 August 1965) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. In 2013 she received the honorary award, Gullspira, for her outstanding work in youth culture, in the Guldbagge Award, awarded by the Swedish Film Institute.

Early life Ella Elisabet Lemhagen was born on 29 August 1965 in Uppsala. She went to Dramatiska Institutets director's program from 1988 to 1991.

Career Lemhagen's first full-length film was Drömprinsen- filmen om Em It's about a young girl, Em, who one day sees her playhouse burn down. By accident her gaze meets the eyes of the one responsible for the fire whom she later runs into and a new, different friendship begins. The movie is about an eight-year-old boy who lives with his single mom, his father lives in Greece. Tsatsiki dreams about going there and meet him. He tries to set up his mother with a police who lives in their house but she is not interested. One day Tsatsiki travels to Greece and there he meets his father for the first time.

Pojken med guldbyxorna was released in 2014. It is a remake of the book of the same title by Max Lundgren. It is about a boy who gets his hands on a pair of golden pants which gives him an unlimited amount of money.

Personal life She and her husband have three children.

Awards and nominations 2013: Gullspira, for her outstanding work in youth culture 2000: Starboy Award for the best children's film at Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, for Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen 2000: Winner, Guldbagge Award for Best Director, for Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen 1997: Nominated, Guldbagge Award for Best Director, for Drömprinsen- filmen om Em 1996: Kurt Linder Scholarship, Drömprinsen- filmen om Em

Filmography 2019 - Jag kommer hem igen till jul 2016 - All Roads Lead to Rome 2014 - Pojken med guldbyxorna 2011 - Kronjuvelerna 2008 - Patrik, 1.5 2003 - Tur & retur 2003 - Järnvägshotellet 2001 - Om inte 1999 - Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen 1997 - Välkommen till festen 1996 - Drömprinsen – Filmen om Em