Eric M. Nilsson
Directing
Biography
Eric M Nilsson, b. in Brussels 1935, is a Swedish film maker. Nilsson has his education from the film school IDHEC in Paris. Eric M Nilsson was an early member of the Swedish Television documentary film editorial staff, and his many distinctive films from the 1960s onward have come to fascinate and challenge a wide audience. He has received multiple awards and honors for his films.
Known For
A container with stuff from a cleaned out apartment in Stockholm drives the cineaste to look for their owners. In the course of this quest, he meets the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård and the author Stig Larsson. The desire to give meaning where perhaps there is none.
Anonymous
A focus on Sweden's greatest dramatist, August Strindberg, his years spent in Paris and the inspiration the city had on his poetry.
Strindberg och Paris
The second film of the "Bläckfiskens" trilogy, with an emphasis on dreams and interpretation.
Drömresan
A fictional biographical portrayal of Eleonora of Bavaria.
The Testament of Eleanora
The English writer and composer, John Anthony Burgess Wilson, relaxed in Italy tells the full story of his life. Filmmaker Eric M. Nilsson met with Anthony Burgess by chance in 1982. They decided to make a film.
Make It New - a portrait of Anthony Burgess
A short film, capturing images of those on a pilgrimage in the city of Lourdes in France.
Lourdes
"Words in the wind": communication, solitude, secret, power, understanding ...
Apropå ord som: kommunikation, begriplighet, makt, ensamhet
Pierre comes from an island that does not exist and speaks a language that is not available - he is the man from Podalida. Conversation with Pierre, Poet Katarina Frostenson and a French Linguist on Language and Identity.
The Man From Podalida
A movie about the culture clash in Tunisia between Swedish aid workers and local people. Swedes and Tunisians both give their views on the current projects.
Viktigt viktigare viktigast
An immersion into the experimentation carried out in the Research Service of the ORTF, based on interviews with Pierre Schaeffer, founder and director of the service until 1974, and William Syvingtone, computer engineer. The film probes the continual output and the links between the various research groups.
Katalogen
The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images.
Brutal
In the autumn of 1968, Director Eric M. Nilsson and film team accompany Swedish opera singer Birgit Nilsson during the many-faceted events of her life, on and off stage.
Birgit Nilsson: Glimtar från sångerskans verksamhet
About a school in Belgium founded in 1907 by Ovide Decroly, doctor and pedagogue.
En mycket enkel pedagogik
An ordinary day in the bookshop Shakespeare and Company in Paris in the company of Georges and his loyal readers. The shop is a meeting place where people get together to discuss politics and philosophy.
Hos Georges
A short film about a young man's revolt against compulsion and discipline.
Ormgård
A simple depiction of the work in the kitchen of a restaurant. Eric M. Nilsson and cinematographer Åke Åstrand attempt to get as close as possible to reality, without any commentary.
Kitchen
A short ferry trip in Stockholm. The camera lingers on the faces, the gestures, the postures, the fragments of conversations. Although this short film seems today quite futile to Eric M. Nilsson, the press hailed the "direct" nature of the movie.
Djurgårdsfärjan
How and why do certain images, certain objects or certain "works of art" become documents, more than traces. The film was shot in the Verdon during the destruction of villages and the filling of a lake.
Det var en gång
A spacecraft containing an army of small malevolent creatures arrive with an intent to destroy the earth. But first, they must learn how people behave and feel, and therefore proceed to gather information.
XPZ-Bibliotek
Documentary film that follows politicians during various events.