Fredrik Gertten
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 3, 1956
- Birthplace
- Malmö, Sweden
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.
Filmography
Breaking Social 2023
Director
Push 2019
Director, Executive Producer
Bikes vs Cars 2015
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Becoming Zlatan 2015
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas 2012
Director
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* 2011
as Self, Director, Writer
Love Always, Carolyn 2011
Executive Producer
Bananas!* 2009
Director, Producer
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower 2007
Director
Thin Ice 2006
Executive Producer, Writer
- The death of a working man's newspaper
The death of a working man's newspaper 2006
Director
- An Ordinary Family
An Ordinary Family 2005
Director
- Bye Bye Malmö
Bye Bye Malmö 2003
Director
Blådårar 2 - Vägen tillbaka 2002
Director
Gå på vatten 2000
Writer, Producer, First Assistant Camera, Director
Blådårar - Om kärleken till ett fotbollslag 1998
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.