Fredrik Gertten
Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning director and journalist based in Malmö, Sweden, and owner and manager of the production company WG Film which he founded in 1994. Previously, he worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for radio, TV and press in Africa, Latin America, Asia and around Europe. Today, he combines filmmaking with a role as a creative producer at WG Film. Recent films include *Big Boys Gone Bananas !*, world premiere at Sundance in 2012, Bikes VS Cars, world premiere at SXSW in 2015 and Becoming Zlatan, world premiere at IDFA in 2016. His films have met audiences in 100 countries, including leading festivals. In Sweden the sale of FairTrade bananas went from 5 to 50 per cent of the sales after the release of the Bananas !** films. In October 2017, he was named Honorary Doctor at Malmö University’s Faculty of Culture and Society, for his work as a documentary filmmaker.
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