Ruben Östlund was born on April 13, 1974 in Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Sweden, is Director, Writer, Editor. Ruben Östlund was born on April 13, 1974 in Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden as Claes Olle Ruben Östlund. He is a director and writer, known for Turist (2014), De ofrivilliga (2008) and Play (2011). He was previously married to Andrea Östlund.
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Ruben Östlund |
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Director |
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50 years old |
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Taurus |
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April 13, 1974 ( Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Sweden) |
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April 13 |
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Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Sweden |
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🌙 Zodiac
Ruben Östlund’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Ruben Östlund was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
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Biography/Timeline
1990
Östlund was born in Styrsö, Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. He started as a Director of skiing films in the 1990s, and eventually went on to study at the film school in Gothenburg, from which he graduated in 2001. He was accepted to the school based on his skiing films. Together with film Producer Erik Hemmendorff he is the co-founder of the production company Plattform Produktion, which produces his films.
2004
His first four feature-length fiction films were The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Involuntary (2008), Play (2011), and Force Majeure (2014). The Guitar Mongoloid won the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. Östlund's short film Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. and Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival in 2011.
2014
His film Force Majeure was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. Sweden then submitted Force Majeure for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After the Academy shortlisted but did not nominate it, Östlund released a humorous video of his response to missing the nomination list. In 2016 he was a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes.
2017
In 2017, his film The Square, loosely inspired by some of his own experiences and art installation with Kalle Boman, competed at the Cannes Film Festival, where it ultimately won the prestigious Palme d'Or. Afterwards, he pursued the project Triangle of Sadness, a film about fashion Models.
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