Director
Jonas Grimås
Born 1958 · Uppsala, Sweden
Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988. He was educated at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, and then the Royal College of Art in London. In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film with Artisten. He was also nominated in 1995 for Best Short Film with Marooned. In 2011 he was named "Cultural Personality of the Year" by the Stockholms Kultur Foundation. Grimås started out working on Swedish soap operas but has made a name for himself by making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV’s Heartbeat, having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of Hamish Macbeth, Silent Witness, and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind starring Clive Owen. While based in London he has also taken on Swedish projects, directing two episodes of the TV series Wallander, and the adaptations of two Camilla Läckberg novels Predikanten ("The Preacher") and Isprinsessan ("The Ice Princess").
Directed
Wallander
Director · 2005
Heartbeat
Director · 1992
Hamish Macbeth
Director · 1995
Marooned
Director · 1994
Wallander: The Photographer
Director · 2006
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
Director · 2001
Tre kronor
Director · 1994
Wallander: The Trickster
Director · 2006
Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher
Director · 2007
Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess
Director · 2007
The Artist
Director · 1987