Alexis Almström
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25 February 1985
- JJ+E (2021)
- Top dog (2020)
Alexis Almström | |
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| Born | Alexis Almström 25 February 1985 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2015–present |
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Alexis Almström is a Swedish director screenwriter and musician.
Almström was born in Stockholm. Before he became a movie maker he was a celebrated musician and rapper under the artist name Alexis Weak.[1] He was nominated for a Swedish grammy in 2012 [2] and his debut album won the title "album of the year" in Swedish pop culture magazine Nöjesguiden.[3] Soon after he released his first album he shifted his focus to movies and TV. He has a BA in film directing from the Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art in Stockholm and graduated 2015.[4][5]
In 2015, he worked on the prizewinning short film Mazda, before making his feature film debut with Pink cloud syndrome in 2018.
His first TV-series is based on the acclaimed novel "Top dog" by Jens Lapidus and the series was nominated for "Best series" in Cannes Series 2020.[6]
After that he went on to direct his second feature film JJ+E and the movie was nominated for three Guldbaggen awards (Swedish oscars) and went on to win best male actor in a supporting role for debutant actor Jonay Pineda skallak [7]
In 2022 Alexis headed back to direct the second critically acclaimed season of top dog.[8]
He is married to Swedish actress Hedda Stiernstedt[9]