Nationality Swedish Role Film producer Name Olle Nordemar | Spouse(s) Carmen Orrequia Years active 1932–1983 Siblings Eric Nordemar | |
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Full Name Olof Harry Nordemar Occupation Film director, editor, producer, cinematographer, screenwriter Died February 18, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden Children Rolf Nordemar, Hans Nordemar Awards Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Movies Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Seas, Pippi on the Run, Emil and the Piglet, The Brothers Lionheart Similar People Olle Hellbom, Par Sundberg, Ollegard Wellton, Fredrik Ohlsson, Maria Persson | ||
Olof Harry "Olle" Nordemar (25 July 1914 – 18 February 1999) was a Swedish film director, film editor, film producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Nordemar is best known as the producer behind Olle Hellbom's films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren. Nordemar edited and produced the Norwegian-Swedish documentary Kon-Tiki (1950) which received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1951 at the 24th Academy Awards.
Contents
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Director
- Screenplay
- Producer
- Production manager
- Cinematographer
- Roles
- Editor
- Technical director
- First assistant cameraman
- Still photographer
- References
Career
Nordemar was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was brother to film editor and director Eric Nordemar. Nordemar was active in the film industry from 1932. After completing school education, Nordemar conducted laboratory practice in the film industry from 1931 to 1935. He was employed by the Army, Navy and Air Film (Armé-, Marin- och Flygfilm) to do work as photographer and editor from 1935 to 1940. Nordemar became chief photographer at the Sandrew Group in 1940 and was chief photographer at AB Europa Film from 1945.
He was cinematographer, director and producer in Hollywood from 1945 to 1946. In 1947, Nordemar and Lennart Bernadotte founded Artfilm AB and Artfoto AB which he became CEO of. When Bernadotte decided to settle on the castle of Mainau, he sold all his shares in Artfilm to Nordemar, who in the early 1950's became the sole owner. In 1966, AB Svensk Filmindustri (SF) bought all shares in Nordemar's Artfilm AB for SEK 1 million. The purchase also included the sister companies Artfoto AB and Artmekano AB. Nordemar was after that attached to SF for a period of seven years.
Nordemar produced nearly 40 films and television series during his career, in addition to directing, photographing and editing numerous others. Nordemar received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Kon-Tiki (1950) at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951.
He was a board member of the Association of Swedish film producers (Föreningen svenska filmproducenter), and others.
Personal life
In 1940 he married the curator at the Nordic Museum, Carmen Orrequia. He was the father of Rolf (born 1943) and Hans (born 1945). Nordemar died in Stockholm in 1999 and is buried at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.
Filmography
Nordemar's filmography: