Mikel Cee Karlsson

Mikel Cee Karlsson (born 15 August 1977) is a Swedish film director. He has directed three feature-length documentaries as well as numerous music videos for artists like Fever Ray and Junip. Mikel is known for his darkly absurd and often disturbing imagery.

Biography

Mikel Cee Karlsson was born in 1977, in Varberg, Sweden. Mikel graduated from the School of Photography and Film, Gothenburg University in 2005. In addition to his three feature-length documentaries, he has directed numerous music videos for artists like Fever Ray, José González, The Amplifetes, The Perishers and Junip. Since 2007, Mikel is a part of the highly acclaimed Swedish production company Plattform Produktion (Involuntary 2008, Play 2011, Force Majeure 2014, The Square 2017). His award-winning first feature-length documentary Greetings From The Woods had its international premiere in competition in Locarno International Film Festival, 2009. His second documentary The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González premiered in competition at the 2010 edition of Göteborg International Film Festival and was also selected for Hot Docs in 2011. Cee Karlsson third feature-length documentary Fraemling premiered in competition at CPH:DOX 2019, nominated in the DOX:Awards category.

Filmography Year English Title Original Title Type 2000 The Key Skateboard Film 2002 Fork Boy Short Film 2004 Grown up Vuxen Documentary-Short 2005 The Tough Alliance "Koka-Kola Veins" Music Video 2006 C.Aarmé "Golden Retriever" Music Video 2007 Jai Alai Savant "White on white crime" Music Video 2007 The Perishers "Step out of the shade" Music Video 2007 José González "Down The Line" Music Video 2007 José González "Killing For Love" Music Video 2007 Ida Maria "Oh my god" Music Video 2008 Bonde do role "Office boy" Music Video 2008 Madrugada "Look away Lucifer" Music Video 2009 Greetings from the woods Hälsningar från skogen Documentary-Feature 2009 Fever Ray "Triangle Walks" Music Video 2010 The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José Gonzalez Documentary-Feature 2012 The Amplifetes "You/Me/Evolution" Music Video 2013 Junip "Line of Fire" Music Video 2013 Junip "Your Life Your Call" Music Video 2015 José González "Leaf Off / The Cave" Music Video 2015 Calexico "Falling From The Sky" Music Video 2015 José González "Open Book" Music Video 2019 Fraemling Documentary-Feature