Anders Banke
Encyclopedia
Anders Banke is a Swedish director. He was born and raised in Ystad
and developed an early interest in film. He was trained as a director at VGIK in Moscow
and learned to speak Russian
. There he meet his friend and future collaborator Chris Maris. In 1998 he came across a horror comedy script written by Daniel Ojanlatva about a town north of the arctic circle being terrorized by vampires. Banke loved the idea and spent several years developing it with Ojanlatva. Since the Swedish film industry don't often approve of horror films or genre movies in general, Banke had a hard time pulling the film off. In the end, he managed to get funding from the Swedish Filminsitute needed to attract other producers to the project in 2004 and production could begin. The film was Sweden's first vampire film.
The film did not hit at the box office as he thought it would, but became by far the most popular Swedish film that year, being sold to over 40 countries, which is far above the average of Swedish films. The success was especially big in Russia
were it reached cult status and became the most profitable independent film of that year. The success led to Banke being offered the job of directing a remake of the Hong Kong film Breaking News, Gorjacije novosti or Newsmakers.
Anders Banke will direct a new Swedish horror comedy written by Daniel Ojanlatva called Ond Bråd Sommar or in English Faul, Evil Summer. Casting calls were made in the winter of 2010 and another one was made in May 2011, and filming is to begin in August.
Ond Bråd Sommar is about a nerd who gets a strange summer job as a private detective. He soon gets into very, very deep water.
Ystad
Ystad is a "locality", or town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 17,286 inhabitants .Settlement dates back to the 11th century and the town has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre and tourist attraction...
and developed an early interest in film. He was trained as a director at VGIK in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and learned to speak Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
. There he meet his friend and future collaborator Chris Maris. In 1998 he came across a horror comedy script written by Daniel Ojanlatva about a town north of the arctic circle being terrorized by vampires. Banke loved the idea and spent several years developing it with Ojanlatva. Since the Swedish film industry don't often approve of horror films or genre movies in general, Banke had a hard time pulling the film off. In the end, he managed to get funding from the Swedish Filminsitute needed to attract other producers to the project in 2004 and production could begin. The film was Sweden's first vampire film.
The film did not hit at the box office as he thought it would, but became by far the most popular Swedish film that year, being sold to over 40 countries, which is far above the average of Swedish films. The success was especially big in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
were it reached cult status and became the most profitable independent film of that year. The success led to Banke being offered the job of directing a remake of the Hong Kong film Breaking News, Gorjacije novosti or Newsmakers.
Anders Banke will direct a new Swedish horror comedy written by Daniel Ojanlatva called Ond Bråd Sommar or in English Faul, Evil Summer. Casting calls were made in the winter of 2010 and another one was made in May 2011, and filming is to begin in August.
Ond Bråd Sommar is about a nerd who gets a strange summer job as a private detective. He soon gets into very, very deep water.
Films
- Frostbite(2006)
- Newsmakers(2009)
- Ond Bråd Sommar(2011)
Links
- http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=256866
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052054/
- http://www.eatmybrains.com/showfeature.php?id=60