Linda-Maria Birbeck

Swedish photographer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSwedish photographer
PlacesSweden
isPhotographer Film director Screenwriter
Work fieldArts Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth25 December 1974, Karlstad, Karlstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden
Age50 years
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

Linda-Maria Birbeck (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish director, screenwriter, cinematographer and photographer.

Career

Birbeck studied film and photography at Amsterdam University of the Arts in the Netherlands. Upon graduation she began working on film and television sets across northern Europe. Birbeck started her career mainly as a Documentary film maker and photographer. Around 2008 she began writing screenplays her first major work was titled Zorro. continued writing screenplays and got into directing around 2011. She directed her first Swedish language feature film Som en Zorro in 2012. The film received positive attention in Sweden and won a best film audience voted award at the 2012 Gothenburg Film Festival. In 2013 she was the head cinematographer for Shed No Tears. In 2015 Birbeck wrote and directed two Swedish language films Hitta Bort and Det borde finnas regler.

In 2016 Birbeck directed Drakhjärta which led to a popular Nordic television show by the same name.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkResultRefs
2012Göteborg Film Festival Audience AwardSom en ZorroWon
2015Nordic International Film Festival Best Feature FilmDet borde finnas reglerWon
2015Woodstock Film Festival Best Female DirectorWon
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