---
name: "Jörn Donner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jorn-donner"
fi1m_id: "jorn-donner"
imdb_id: "nm0232807"
tmdb_id: 47061
wikidata_id: "Q982339"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 February 1933"
died: "30 January 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:37:20.730792+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jörn Donner

## Identity

Jörn Donner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jorn-donner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jorn-donner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0232807
- **TMDB ID:** 47061
- **Wikidata ID:** Q982339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rn_Donner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47061

Producer. Born 5 February 1933 in Helsinki, Finland. Died 30 January 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 February 1933, Helsinki, Finland
- **Died:** 30 January 2020
- **Also known as:** Bjorn Thunder
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rn_Donner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47061

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fanny and Alexander*](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md) (92)

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## Biography

Jörn Donner was a Finnish-Swedish writer, film director, producer and politician. Born in Helsinki in 1933, he died there in 2020. He produced Ingmar Bergman's *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), for which he received an Academy Award for best foreign language film, making him the only Finn to win an Oscar to date.

Donner directed numerous films from the 1960s onwards, including *A Sunday in September* (1963) and *Men Can't Be Raped* (1978). He headed the Swedish Film Institute from 1978 to 1982 and chaired the Finnish Film Foundation. He also wrote more than thirty books, winning the Finlandia Prize for literature in 1985 for *Father and Son*, and served as a member of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, cineuropa.org, ingmarbergman.se.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Memory of Ingmar Bergman* (2018), Director, Producer
- *Fuck Off 2 - Images from Finland* (2017), Interviewer / Narrator / Himself, Director, Screenplay
- *The Other Side of Hope* (2017), as Poker Player
- *Armi Alive!* (2015), Director
- *The Interrogation* (2009), as Narrator (Uncredited) · Director
- *Helsinki, Forever* (2008), Thanks
- *The Border* (2007), Producer, Idea
- *Isäni jalanjäljillä* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Lovers & Leavers* (2002), as Elokuvatuottaja
- *Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat* (2000), Producer
- *Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work* (1998), Director
- *Mannen utan ansikte* (1995), Producer
- *Goodbye Gibraltar* (1993), Producer
- *Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti* (1992), as Jörkka Donner
- *Paradise America* (1990), Producer
- *Flight North* (1986), Producer
- *The Undressing* (1986), as keskustelija televisiossa · Producer
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1984), series, Producer
- *Dirty Story* (1984), Director, Novel, Screenplay, Producer
- *Angela's War* (1984), as Gabriel · Novel, Producer
- *After the Rehearsal* (1984), Producer
- *Hockeyfeber* (1983), Actor
- *Regina ja miehet* (1983), as Writer
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)
- *Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki* (1982), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *The Worthless* (1982), Co-Producer
- *The Flight of the Eagle* (1982), Producer
- *Intervju med Ingmar Bergman* (1981), Director
- *Brutal* (1980), Actor
- *Two Forces* (1979), Producer
- *Black Sun* (1978), Producer
- *Slumbering Tones* (1978), Producer
- *Men Can't Be Raped* (1978), as Policeman · Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Bluff Stop* (1977), Producer
- *Hemåt i natten* (1977), Producer
- *Tabu* (1977), Producer
- *The American Dream* (1976), Producer
- *Near and Far Away* (1976), Producer
- *Pyhä perhe* (1976), Producer
- *Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman* (1976), Director
- *Mommilan veriteot 1917* (1973), Producer, Editor
- *Hangover* (1973), as Lasse, bilhandlare · Writer, Director
- *Laukaus tehtaalla* (1973), Producer
- *Eight Deadly Shots* (1972), Editor
- *Hellyys* (1972), as Petteri · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
- *Marja pieni!* (1972), Producer
- *Fuck Off! Images from Finland* (1971), Director
- *Anna* (1970), Story, Screenplay, Director
- *Portraits of Women* (1970), as Pertti 'Pertsa' · Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
- *Sixtynine* (1969), as Timo Paasi · Director, Writer
- *Asfalttilampaat* (1968), as Tohtori Bonell
- *Black on White* (1968), as Juha Holm · Director, Writer, Editor
- *Rooftree* (1967), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Stimulantia* (1967), Director, Writer
- *Adventure Starts Here* (1965), Director, Writer
- *To Love* (1964), Director, Writer
- *A Sunday in September* (1963), Director, Writer
- *A Testimony About Her* (1963), Director, Writer
- *Some of These Days* (1955), Director, Writer
- *Aamua kaupungissa* (1954), Narrator, Producer, Director, Writer
- *Mannerheim, told by Jörn Donner*, Director
- *Jörn Donner kertoo Helsingistä*, series, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Photograph of the Swedish actor Harriet Andersson and Finnish filmdirector and writer Jörn Donner at Helsinki Senate Square. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-b682b0f720aa.jpg) Photograph of the Swedish actor Harriet Andersson and Finnish filmdirector and writer Jörn Donner at Helsinki Senate Square. (1965) — Lasse Holmström / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Andersson-Donner-1965-Helsinki.jpg/1280px-Andersson-Donner-1965-Helsinki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of the Finnish actor Kristiina Halkola and director Jörn Donner promoting their film Mustaa valkoisella. (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-1a729286d93f.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish actor Kristiina Halkola and director Jörn Donner promoting their film Mustaa valkoisella. (1967) — Seppo Heinonen / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Halkola-Donner-1967.jpg/1280px-Halkola-Donner-1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of the Finnish writer and filmmaker Jörn Donner (1933–2020) at Helsinki Market Square. (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-e3f40d4741d9.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish writer and filmmaker Jörn Donner (1933–2020) at Helsinki Market Square. (1967) — Kaius Hedenström / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Jorn-Donner-1967.jpg/1280px-Jorn-Donner-1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of the Finnish film director Jörn Donner (1933–2020) at a screening of his film Mustaa valkoisella. At the background, the journalist Tor Högnäs (192](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-efedf5b0ca31.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish film director Jörn Donner (1933–2020) at a screening of his film Mustaa valkoisella. At the background, the journalist Tor Högnäs (192 — Mikko Oksanen / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Jorn-Donner-1968.jpg/1280px-Jorn-Donner-1968.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jörn Donner](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-3467b13a386f.jpg) Jörn Donner — Image via TMDB
- ![Jörn Donner](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-263a4ea6ae9b.jpg) Jörn Donner — Image via TMDB
- ![Photograph of the Finnish film director Jörn Donner (1933–2020) promoting his film 69 – Sixtynine with a dog.](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-4f61cdc7da83.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish film director Jörn Donner (1933–2020) promoting his film 69 – Sixtynine with a dog. — Kaius Hedenström / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Jorn-Donner-Sixtynine.jpg/1280px-Jorn-Donner-Sixtynine.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of the Finnish filmmaker Jörn Donner (to the right) shooting a film at Helsinki Market Square. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/117894/gallery-6ab30b4f1d84.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish filmmaker Jörn Donner (to the right) shooting a film at Helsinki Market Square. (1965) — Ensio Ilmonen / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jorn-Donner-film-shoot-1965.jpg/1280px-Jorn-Donner-film-shoot-1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 15 won

- Black Nights Prize 2017: Black Nights Prize (won)
- Längmanska kulturfondens Finlandspris 2017: Längmanska kulturfondens Finlandspris (won)
- Lifetime Concrete Jussi Award 2014: Lifetime Concrete Jussi Award (won)
- Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland 2013: Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (won)
- Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star 2012: Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star (won)
- Apollo Award 2008: Apollo Award (won)
- Axel Hirsch Award 2008: Axel Hirsch Award (won)
- Swedish Academy Finland Prize 2004: Swedish Academy Finland Prize (won)
- Professor 2003: Professor (won)
- Karl Emil Tollander Prize 2002: Karl Emil Tollander Prize (won)
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland 1987: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (won)
- Finlandia Award 1985: Finlandia Award (won), for *Far och son*
- Jussi Award for Best Producer 1974: Jussi Award for Best Producer (won)
- Jussi Award for Best Direction 1969: Jussi Award for Best Direction (won), for *Black on White*
- Jussi Award for Best Script 1966: Jussi Award for Best Script (won), for *Adventure Starts Here*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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