Jessica Laurén
Born: 1967-09-21
Description: Director, animator. Born Jessica Patricia Laurén in Stockholm.

FILMOGRAPHY:
Direction:
2016 - “Helt random” - animated TV-series, in developement with funding from Moving Sweden
2016 - “To Garbo and Lenin” - short film in mixed technique, funded by the Swedish Film Institute, co-produced by SVT
2012 - “Who is where?” part 2 - animated feature film, screened at Swedish cinemas
2010 - “Who?” part 1 - animated feature film, screened at Swedish cinemas
2004 - “Kiddie thoughts” - animated TV-series, 10 episodes, coproduction SVT/ Filmtecknarna
1994 - “Water of the Sun” - short animation

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS etc, in selection:
2013 - Scholarship for one year, Författarfonden (Swedish Author Fund)
2012 - BUFF:s och Sydsvenskans stora filmpris (The great film award by BUFF and Sydsvenskan) for
the “Who?”-films
2011 - Nominated to the Alternative Golden Bug at Kulturnyheterna (SVT) for directing the Whofilms
2012 - Retrospective screening of my children films at Gothenburg Film Festival Junior
2010 - Nominated for The Annecy Cristal with “Who’s bleeding?”
2010 - “Premio Speciale categoria Elements +3”, award for “Who’s bleeding”,
Salerno International Film Festival
2006: Script support from the Swedish Film Institute for a feature script about the Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe
2005: Production support from Konstnärsnämnden (the Swedish Artist Fund) for “3 o’clock”,
short film
1994: Filmens Dags Stipendium (Scholar ship, Filmens Dag) for ”Water of the Sun”, short film