Background
DONNER, Jörn Johan was born on February 5, 1933 in Helsinki, Finland. Parents: Karl Reinhold Donner and Greta von Ronsdorff.
filmmaker State Legislator writer
DONNER, Jörn Johan was born on February 5, 1933 in Helsinki, Finland. Parents: Karl Reinhold Donner and Greta von Ronsdorff.
Helsinki University, Bachelor of Arts. Political Science/Nordic Literature, 1951-1958. Spoken languages: Swedish, English, German, French, Norwegian, Italian.
City Councillor, Helsinki, 1969-1972, since 1985. Alternate member. Foreign Affairs Committee, since 1987. Member. Cultural Affairs Committee, since 1987.
Member of Eduskunta, since 1987. Managing Director, Jörn Donner Productions, since 1966. Managing Director, Swedish Film Institute, 1978-1982.
Chairman of the Board, Finnish Film Foundation, 1981-1983, 1985-1989. Film Director: En Söndag i September, 1963. Au älska, 1964; Här Börjar Äventyret, 1965.
Tuärbalk, 1967; Mustaa Valkoisella, 1968. Sixtynine, 1969; Naisenkuvia, 1970. Anna, 1970; Perkele-kuvia Suomesta, 1971.
Ömhet (Baksmälla), 1972. Tre Scener Med Ingmar Bergman, 1976. Man Kan Inte Valdtas, 1977.
The Bergman File, 1978. Nio Säau Närma Sig Helsingfors, 1982. Dirty Story, 1984; producer, Fanny and Alexander, 1982 and 50 other films.
Author: Report from Berlin, 1958, Report from Berlin, 1961, Report from Danube, 1962, The Personal Vision of Ingmar Bergman, 1963, 50 others. Writer, director 15 films including A Sunday in September, 1963, To Love, 1964, Adventure Starts Here, 1965, Rooftree, 1967, Black on White, 1968, Sixtynine, 1969, Portraits of Women, 1970, Anna, 1971, The World of Ingmar Bergman, 1975, Men Can't Be Raped, 1978, Dirty Story, 1984, Ingmar Bergman: On Life and Work, 1998, The President, 2000, others. Producer 60 films including Fanny and Alexander, 1982 (4 Academy awards 1984), After the Rehearsal.
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Member Helsinki City Council, 1968-1972, 85-92, 2005-2008. Member Finnish Parliament, 1987-1995, foreign affairs committee 1987-1995, 2007, vice chairman banking supervision, 1991-1995. Member American Counsul-General Finland, Los Angeles, 1995-1996, European Parliament, 1996-1999, City Council, Tummisaan, 2001-2004.
Married Inga-Britt W., 1954 (divorced 1962). Children: Johan, Jakob. Married Jeanette Bonnier, 1974 (divorced 1988).
Children: Susanna, Otto. Married Bitte Westerlund, 1995. Children: Daniel, Rudolf.