Mai zetterling biography

Nationality: Swedish.

Mai zetterling the witches

Born: Västeras, 24 May 1925. Education: Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm, 1942–45. Family: Married 1) actor Tutte Lemkow (divorced), two children; 2) writer David Hughes (divorced). Career: Stage debut and film debut, 1941; in company of Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, 1945–47; began


collaborating on TV documentaries with husband Hughes, 1960s; directed episode of Mistress of Suspense for TV, 1990.

The girls

Awards: Golden Lion, Venice Festival, for The War Game, 1963. Died: March 1994.

Films as Director:

1960

The Polite Invasion (short, for BBC TV)

1961

Lords of Little Egypt (short, for BBC TV); The War Game (short) (+ pr)

1962

The Prosperity Race (short, for BBC TV)

1963

The Do-It-Yourself Democracy (short, for BBC TV)

1964

Alskande par (Loving Couples) (co-d with David Hughes)

1966

Nattlek (Night Games) (co-d with Hughes)

1967

Doktor Glas (co-d with Hughes)

1968