Alexis Almström
Born
Alexis Almström

(1985-02-25) 25 February 1985
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active2015–present
Notable work
  • JJ+E (2021)
  • Top dog (2020)

Alexis Almström is a Swedish director screenwriter and musician.

Almström was born in Stockholm. Before he became a movie maker he was a celebrated musician and rapper under the artist name Alexis Weak. [1] He was nominated for a Swedish grammy in 2012 [2] and his debut album won the title "album of the year" in Swedish pop culture magazine Nöjesguiden. [3] Soon after he released his first album he shifted his focus to movies and TV. He has a BA in film directing from the Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art in Stockholm and graduated 2015.[4][5]

In 2015, he worked on the prizewinning short film Mazda, before making his feature film debut with Pink cloud syndrome in 2018.

His first TV-series is based on the acclaimed novel "Top dog" by Jens Lapidus and the series was nominated for "Best series" in Cannes Series 2020. [6]

After that he went on to direct his second feature film JJ+E and the movie was nominated for three Guldbaggen awards (Swedish oscars) and went on to win best male actor in a supporting role for debutant actor Jonay Pineda skallak [7]

In 2022 Alexis headed back to direct the second critically acclaimed season of top dog.[8]

He is married to Swedish actress Hedda Stiernstedt[9]

Filmography

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleType
2015MazdaMazdaShort
2018Pink cloud syndromeRosa molnfeature
2021JJ+EVintervikenfeature
2020-2023Top DogTop DogTV-drama

References

  1. ↑ https://www.albatrosagency.com/alexis-almstrom
  2. ↑ https://grammis.se/nominerade/arets-hiphop-soul-2012/
  3. ↑ "Årets bästa skivor 2011".
  4. ↑ https://www.uniarts.se/folk/studenter/alexis-almström/
  5. ↑ "Alexis Almström".
  6. ↑ https://2020.canneseries.com/en/series/top-dog-1/
  7. ↑ https://www.guldbaggen.se/nominering/jonay-pineda-skallak/
  8. ↑ "Recension: Top Dog (Säsong 2)".
  9. ↑ "Hedda Stiernstedt har gift sig med Alexis Almström | ELLE". 12 January 2022.
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