Johan von Sydow

Johan von Sydow (born 1961) is a Swedish director and writer. He is known for his 2011 documentary Sagan om Jussi (Saga of Jussi) and internationally as the director of the 2020 documentary film Tiny Tim: King for a Day.

Career Johan von Sydow was born in 1961 and grew up in Boden, Sweden. He started working for Sveriges Television in 1993. Between the 2000s and 2010s, he directed several documentaries like Mare Kandre - Det är jag som är ett geni and Sagan om Jussi, the latter which received critical acclaim for focusing on the distinct character of the opera singer Jussi Björling. In 2020, he directed a documentary on American musician Tiny Tim titled Tiny Tim: King for a Day which examines the fame and personal life of the musician, with "Weird Al" Yankovic narrating the documentary. The documentary premiered in August 2020 in Canada, and in New York and selected theatres in the United States on 23 April 2021.

Partial filmography + Film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducer Notes 2009 Mare Kandre - Det är jag som är ett geni 2011 Sagan om Jussi 2013 The Artist Who Disappeared Ratata Through the 80s 2020 Tiny Tim: King for a Day Det finns så många vägar - en film om John Holm