Bosse Lindquist
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Bosse Lindquist, born in 1954, is a Swedish radio and TV producer and writer who is head of the national radio broadcaster Swedish Radio’s Documentary Deptartment since 2007. He has been a producer of documentaries and an author since 1988.
A series of documentaries on the state of modern genetics
and prenatal diagnostics - Mechanics of Live – won the Prix Futura (now re-named Prix Europa
) in Berlin 1995, and was also rewarded with the Ikarosprice for 1993 and the Association of Swedish Investigative Journalists prize for 1993. The radio-documentary The Rebels – about an extreme and secret Swedish maoist group got the Ikarosprize 1997 and together with Swedish Eugenics– about Sweden’s forced sterilization of women for eugenic reasons the Vilhelm Moberg
grant in 1997. Bring the Jews Last got a special commendation at Prix Italia
1998 as well as the prize of the law and history faculties of the Stockholm university
1998. The Silence of Phnom Penh – about Swedish support of the Pol Pot
regime – won the Prix Europa
in Berlin 2000, the Association of Swedish Investigative Journalists prize and the Ikarosprize for 1999. One TV documentary and one radio documentary about adoption
from South Korea to Sweden received special commendations at Prix Europa 2002.
A number of documentaries and books has been translated and broadcast in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
In 2009, Lindquist's film about Nobel laureate Carleton Gajdusek who discovered the Kuru disease
among a cannibal tribe in New Guinea, and who also was a self-proclaimed pedophile premiered on BBC Storyville. A co-production between among others BBC
, Arte
, SVT
, NRK and DR
broadcasted first time 2009 by BBC
. The was officially selected for IDFA in Amsterdam 2009, and later shown at documentary festivals in Melbourne, Reykjavik, Thessaloniki, Bergen and Planete Doc Warszaw among others.
Lindquist has introduced a new format for translated radio - RadioVideo. The new technique makes it possible to download radio programs with sub-titles for the computer, mpeg3 player and cell-phone.
May 2010, Lindquist released an investigation into systematic malpractices within the McDonald's Corporation. The documentary “McCheat & Co” was produced for SVT - Sveriges Television – and showed systematic practicing of hour-shaving off its employees meagre salaries in Sweden and the United States.
The latest documentary, "WikiRebels" was produced together with Jesper Huor for SVT and traced WikiLeaks unprecedented road to achievement, fame and notoriety, interviewing Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg among others, as well as tracing WikiLeaks usage of the unprecedented US leaks on Iraq, Afghanistan and diplomacy. The films has been shown in 20 countries worldwide and has spread widely on the internet.
A series of documentaries on the state of modern genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
and prenatal diagnostics - Mechanics of Live – won the Prix Futura (now re-named Prix Europa
Prix Europa
Prix Europa is the Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. Its open juries sample and select the best television-, radio- and online productions of each year...
) in Berlin 1995, and was also rewarded with the Ikarosprice for 1993 and the Association of Swedish Investigative Journalists prize for 1993. The radio-documentary The Rebels – about an extreme and secret Swedish maoist group got the Ikarosprize 1997 and together with Swedish Eugenics– about Sweden’s forced sterilization of women for eugenic reasons the Vilhelm Moberg
Vilhelm Moberg
Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish author and historian, most commonly associated with his four novels known as The Emigrants Series.-Early life:...
grant in 1997. Bring the Jews Last got a special commendation at Prix Italia
Prix Italia
The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
1998 as well as the prize of the law and history faculties of the Stockholm university
Stockholm University
Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
1998. The Silence of Phnom Penh – about Swedish support of the Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Saloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea....
regime – won the Prix Europa
Prix Europa
Prix Europa is the Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. Its open juries sample and select the best television-, radio- and online productions of each year...
in Berlin 2000, the Association of Swedish Investigative Journalists prize and the Ikarosprize for 1999. One TV documentary and one radio documentary about adoption
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
from South Korea to Sweden received special commendations at Prix Europa 2002.
A number of documentaries and books has been translated and broadcast in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
In 2009, Lindquist's film about Nobel laureate Carleton Gajdusek who discovered the Kuru disease
Kuru (disease)
Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a prion found in humans...
among a cannibal tribe in New Guinea, and who also was a self-proclaimed pedophile premiered on BBC Storyville. A co-production between among others BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Arte
Arte
Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
, SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
, NRK and DR
Danmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
broadcasted first time 2009 by BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. The was officially selected for IDFA in Amsterdam 2009, and later shown at documentary festivals in Melbourne, Reykjavik, Thessaloniki, Bergen and Planete Doc Warszaw among others.
Lindquist has introduced a new format for translated radio - RadioVideo. The new technique makes it possible to download radio programs with sub-titles for the computer, mpeg3 player and cell-phone.
May 2010, Lindquist released an investigation into systematic malpractices within the McDonald's Corporation. The documentary “McCheat & Co” was produced for SVT - Sveriges Television – and showed systematic practicing of hour-shaving off its employees meagre salaries in Sweden and the United States.
The latest documentary, "WikiRebels" was produced together with Jesper Huor for SVT and traced WikiLeaks unprecedented road to achievement, fame and notoriety, interviewing Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg among others, as well as tracing WikiLeaks usage of the unprecedented US leaks on Iraq, Afghanistan and diplomacy. The films has been shown in 20 countries worldwide and has spread widely on the internet.
Published
- Förädlade svenskar, Alfabeta 1991
- Rullstol och varm korv, together with Walter Hirsch, Publisher: LL-förlaget, 1991. Translated into German 1995.
- Kärlek i vått och torrt, together Walter Hirsch, Publisher: LL-förlaget, 1993. Translated into German 1995.
- Genguiden, together with Robert Nyberg, Publisher: Alfabeta 1995
- Hakkors och skinnskallar - rasism från Auschwitz till Vålberg, together with Kurdo Baksi, Robert Blombäck & Susanne Berglind, Publisher: LL-förlaget 1998.
- ”Om rasistiska brott i nyheterna”, in Vita redaktioner, mörk magi, Ylva Brune ed, Publisher: Carlssons 1998.
Television documentaries
- Once, I was Korean, 2002 (Director, with film-maker Bo Öhlén)
- Vad är det för fel på Socialen? 2003 (Exec. producer)
- In the Name of God – on the Church and the Rwandan GenocideRwandan GenocideThe Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
2004 (Exec. producer) - The Rebels 2005 (Director)
- Feminism in the Social-Democrat Party 2006 (Exec. producer)
- The Genius and the Boys, 2009 (Director)
- McCheat & Co, 2010 (Director)
- WikiRebels, 2010 (Director, with co-producer Jesper Huor)
Radio documentaries
- Vällingby i Afrika, 1988
- Förädlade svenskar - rashygien och sterilisering, 1990
- Bland tinnar och torn, 1992
- Prinsessans fängelse, 1996
- Aftonbladet och hotbilderna, 2000
- The series Livets mekano - om genetik, slump och miljö:
- En forskardröm, 1993
- Blodsband, 1993
- Vem ska få leva?, 1993
- The series En vit fläck på kartan - om ett vitt paradis i Afrika:
- Pionjärer, 1995
- Friherrinnans fristad, 1995
- Den gränslöse kolonisatören, 1995
- The series Svarta Sverige - om främlingsfientlighet i Sverige:
- Statslös Lucia, 1996
- Invandrare, född i Vålberg, 1996
- The series En studie i borgerlighet - om svenska maoister:
- Östern är röd, 1997
- Elitpartiet, 1997
- Rebellerna / The Rebels, 1997
- The series Flyktingströmmar från nazi-Tyskland till Sverige:
- Ta judarna sist/Bring the Jews last, 1998
- Sverige och de baltiska SS-männen, 1998
- The series about Sweden and the Khmer RougeKhmer RougeThe Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...
:- Tystnaden i Phnom Pehn / The silence of Phnom Penh, 1999
- I revolutionens hjärta, 1999
- The series Adoption:
- Varför är jag här?, 2002
- Svensk adoption, 2002
Sources
- Swedish Radio Documentary dept Swedish Radio Documentary Dept.
- SVT Swedish television Documentary Department SVT Dokumentär
- Ordfront Magazine http://www.ordfront.se/Ordfrontmagasin/Tidigare%20artiklar/UlfB.aspx