Leif Krantz

John Leif Krantz (15 April 1932 – 28 December 2012) was a Swedish television producer, screenwriter and film director.

Leif Krantz was born in 1932 in Gothenburg. He began his career as an assistant director during the filming of Astrid Lindgren's Vi på Saltkråkan (1964). He broke through in the late 1960s with popular television dramas such as Kullamannen (1967) and Kråkguldet (1969), and later with Pojken med guldbyxorna (1975) and Sinkadus (1980). Krantz also wrote the screenplay for the animated films Peter-No-Tail (1981) and Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud (1976).

Leif Krantz died in 2012 in Sköndal south of Stockholm after brief illness.

Filmography

1964: Vi på Saltkråkan (TV) - assistant director 1964: Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses (TV) - assistant director 1965: Modiga mindre män (TV) - director, screenplay 1967-1968: Kullamannen" (TV) - director 1969: Kråkguldet (TV) - director, screenplay 1972: Barnen i höjden (TV) - director, screenplay 1972: Stora skälvan (TV) - director, screenplay 1975: Pojken med guldbyxorna (TV) - director, screenplay 1976: Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud director, screenplay 1976: Schaurige Geschichten (TV) - director, screenplay 1977: Ärliga blå ögon (TV) director, screenplay 1977: Så går det till på Saltkråkan (TV) - assistant director 1980: Sinkadus (TV) - director, screenplay 1981: Pelle Svanslös - screenplay 1983: Öbergs på Lillöga (TV) director, screenplay 1985: Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt - screenplay 1985: Vägen till Gyllenblå!" (TV) - director 1986: Skånska mord - Bessingemordet (TV) - director 1988 Stoft och skugga (TV) - director, screenplay 1989: Amforans gåta (TV) - director, screenplay 1993-1995: Snoken (TV) - director 2000 Ramakien (short film for TV) - director, screenplay