Jan Halldoff

{{short description|Swedish film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Jan Harry Halldoff | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|9|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|7|23|1939|9|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | other_names = | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter | years_active = 1966–1982 | spouse = Kerstin Höglund {{marriage||1966|2010}} }}

'''Jan Harry Halldoff''' (4 September 1939 – 23 July 2010)<ref name="svd.se">{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/regissoren-jan-halldoff-har-avlidit_5032133.svd |title=Regissören Jan Halldoff har avlidit |access-date=23 July 2010 |work=svd.se|date=23 July 2010 }}</ref> was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1966 and 1982.

His 1967 film titled ''Life's Just Great'' was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1968 film titled ''The Corridor'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1969">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |title=6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969) |accessdate=17 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194825/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |archivedate=16 January 2013 }}</ref> His 1974 film ''The Last Adventure'' won the award for Best Film at the 11th Guldbagge Awards.<ref name="11thGuldbagge">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4932&iv=Awards |title=Det sista äventyret (1974) |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |date=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305010548/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4932&iv=Awards |archivedate= 5 March 2014 }}</ref> His 1976 film ''Buddies'' won the award for Best Director at the 12th Guldbagge Awards.<ref name="12thGuldbagge">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4975&iv=Awards |title=Polare (1976) |accessdate=6 March 2014 |work=The Swedish Film Database |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311135700/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4975&iv=Awards |archivedate=11 March 2014 }}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Life's Just Great'' (1967) * ''The Corridor'' (1968) * ''Rötmånad'' (1970) * ''The Last Adventure'' (1974) * ''Buddies'' (1976)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halldoff, Jan}} Category:1939 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Swedish film directors Category:Swedish screenwriters Category:Swedish male screenwriters Category:Writers from Stockholm Category:Best Director Guldbagge Award winners Category:20th-century Swedish people