Kay Pollak

{{short description|Swedish film director (born 1938)}} {{Infobox person | name = Kay Pollak | image = Kay Pollak in August 2015.jpg | alt =  | caption = Kay Pollak in 2015. | birth_name = Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|5|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director | years_active = 1972-present | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Carin Pollak {{marriage||1986|}} }} '''Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak''' (born 21 May 1938) is a Swedish film director.

==Career== After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with ''As It Is in Heaven'' (''Så som i himmelen''), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated for no less than eight Swedish Guldbagge Awards, including Best Direction and Best Film, but received none.

==TV and filmography== *''The secret reality/Den Hemliga Verkligheten'' (1973) - script by Kay and Annamaria Pollak. Actors include Bertil Norström, Claes Elefalk, Stig Ossian Ericson and Peter Lindgren. *''Elvis! Elvis!'' (1977) - based on the book by Maria Gripe. Actors include Lele Dorazio and Allan Edwall. Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1977">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |title=10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977) |access-date=2013-01-13 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194935/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |archive-date=2013-01-16 }}</ref> *''Children's Island'' (''Barnens ö'') (1980) - based on the book by P. C. Jersild. Actors include Börje Ahlstedt and Tomas Fryk. It won the awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Hirdwall) at the 17th Guldbagge Awards.<ref name="17thGuldbagge">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=7702&iv=Awards |title=Barnens ö (1980) |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |date=9 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311141447/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=7702&iv=Awards |archive-date=11 March 2014 }}</ref> It was also entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080419/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Children's Island |access-date=2010-08-22 |work=imdb.com}}</ref> *''Love Me!'' (''Älska mig'') (1986) - about a teenaged girl called Sussie (Anna Lindén) who is placed in a foster home. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1986/02_programm_1986/02_Programm_1986.html |title=Berlinale: 1986 Programme |access-date=2011-01-14 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> *''As It Is in Heaven'' (''Så som i himmelen'') (2004) - actors include Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren.

==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Kay Pollak}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0689392}} *{{Sfdb name}} *Swedish Institute information sheet: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203232627/http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____12301.aspx Swedish cinema gaining ground] - On the success of As It Is in Heaven and other contemporary Swedish films.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollak, Kay}} Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:Mass media people from Gothenburg Category:Swedish film directors Category:Swedish screenwriters Category:Swedish male screenwriters Category:Umeå University alumni Category:Best Director Guldbagge Award winners Category:20th-century Swedish people