Johan von Sydow
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Johan von Sydow (born 1961) is a Swedish director and writer. He is known for his 2011 documentary Sagan om Jussi (Saga of Jussi) and internationally as the director of the 2020 documentary film Tiny Tim: King for a Day.
Johan von Sydow was born in 1961 and grew up in Boden, Sweden.[1] He started working for Sveriges Television in 1993.[1][2] Between the 2000s and 2010s, he directed several documentaries like Mare Kandre - Det är jag som är ett geni and Sagan om Jussi, the latter which received critical acclaim for focusing on the distinct character of the opera singer Jussi Björling.[3][4] In 2020, he directed a documentary on American musician Tiny Tim titled Tiny Tim: King for a Day which examines the fame and personal life of the musician, with "Weird Al" Yankovic narrating the documentary.[5][6] The documentary premiered in August 2020 in Canada, and in New York and selected theatres in the United States on 23 April 2021.[5][7]