
Director
Fredrik Gertten
Born 1956 · 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.
Directed

Push
Director · 2019

Becoming Zlatan
Director · 2015

Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
Director · 2011

Gå på vatten
Director · 2000

Bikes vs Cars
Director · 2015

Bananas!*
Director · 2009

Breaking Social
Director · 2023

Blådårar 2 - Vägen tillbaka
Director · 2002

Blådårar - Om kärleken till ett fotbollslag
Director · 1998

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director · 2012
The death of a working man's newspaper
Director · 2006

The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
Director · 2007
Bye Bye Malmö
Director · 2003
An Ordinary Family
Director · 2005