Ruben Östlund
b. 1974 (age 52)
Styrsö, Gothenburg, Sweden
Director
Writer
Ruben Östlund, directed films on skiing in the late 90s, some of them now world-famous. After a documentary 2000 he made his award-winning feature debut, The Guitar Mongoloid, in 2004. Involuntary (2008) was selected for Cannes 2008 and has since been in major festivals worldwide. It was also Sweden's nominee for Best Foreign Language Oscar that year. His short Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2010.
Known For
Filmography
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La légende de la Palme d'or continue...
2025 Self
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Ritratti di cinema
2025 Self
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★ 7.2
Triangle of Sadness
2022 Director
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★ 6.9
Michael Haneke, Cineaste of Our Times
2022 Self
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★ 4.9
Downhill
2020 Writer
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★ 6.7
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018 Self
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★ 7.1
The Square
2017 Director
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★ 7.2
Force Majeure
2014 Director
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★ 7.1
Play
2011 Director
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★ 6.9
Incident by a Bank
2010 Director
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★ 6.9
Involuntary
2008 Director
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★ 4.8
Nattbad
2006 Director
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★ 6.5
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882
2005 Director
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Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Guitar Mongoloid
2004 Director
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Irmelin
2003 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Family Again
2002 Director
Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
Let the Others Deal with Love
2001 Director
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The Entertainment System Is Down
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Ruben
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