Olle Hedman - Cast

Olle Hedman is one of Sweden’s most significant experimental filmmakers. He grew up in Stockholm and began studying at Bergh’s advertising school in 1959, after which he worked as a writer in the advertising industry. In 1965 he began studying at Konstfack where he came in contact with Claes Söderquist who taught film. Söderquist’s teaching, the programs with American experimental film at Moderna Museet in the 1960s, as well as the interaction with the mentor and the inspirer Åke Karlung were the important influences for Hedman’s filmmaking. Despite this, Hedman’s expression is quite unique, as is his entire cinematic universe. His short but concentrated production is characterized by his interest in sound and his background as a cartoonist and graphic artist. Hedman’s first films that are preserved (the early production on Super-8 is lost) are graphic-rich audio-visual studies, eg. A semiotic study of non-logical codifications in the picture (1973, together with H.P. Andersson) and Aforism (1974). These two, as well as most of Hedman’s films, were made with the support of Filmverkstan. Hedman also came to assist several animators at Filmverkstan, among others. Lilian Domec in her early animation Höghuset (1976).