Director
Fredrik Gertten
70 years · Malmö, Sweden · 12 films
Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten was a Swedish filmmaker and journalist. Gertten had a prolific career spanning journalism across continents—Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe—through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1995, he authored the travel book "Ung man söker världen" (Young Man Looking for the World) under the Gong Gong förlag publishing. His journalistic contributions extended to newspapers like Arbetet until its closure in 2000 and Kvällsposten from 2001 to 2003. Gertten ventured into television production, producing documentaries and entertainment shows for Swedish channels SVT, TV 4, and TV 3. Notably, in 2009, his production company faced a defamation lawsuit from Dole Food Company following the US screening of "Bananas!"—a documentary exploring a conflict between Dole and Nicaraguan banana plantation workers over alleged sterility cases linked to the pesticide DBCP. The court eventually ruled in favor of Gertten's production company, inspiring his 2011 documentary "Big Boys Gone Bananas!" highlighting the legal battle.
Best known for
Filmography 12
Breaking Social
2023 · Director
Push
2019 · Director
Bikes vs Cars
2015 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Becoming Zlatan
2015 · Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2012 · Director
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011 · Self, Director
Bananas!*
2009 · Director, Producer
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2007 · Director
Thin Ice
2006 · Writer
Blådårar 2 - Vägen tillbaka
2002 · Director
Gå på vatten
2000 · Writer, Producer
Blådårar - Om kärleken till ett fotbollslag
1998 · Director, Writer