Fredrik Gertten
Film director
1956 –
Who is Fredrik Gertten?
Carl Fredrik Gertten is a Swedish filmmaker and journalist.
Gertten worked as a journalist for newspapers, radio and television in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1995 he published the travel book Ung man söker världen through the publisher Gong Gong förlag. He wrote for the newspaper Arbetet from 1990 until it ceased publication in 2000 and for Kvällsposten in 2001-2003. He has also been the producer of documentaries and entertainment shows for the Swedish television channels SVT, TV 4 and TV 3.
In 2009, Gertten's production company was sued for defamation by Dole Food Company after the US screening of Bananas!*, a documentary film about a conflict between Dole and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP. The court ruled in favor of the production company, and the lawsuit became the subject of Gertten's 2011 documentary Big Boys Gone Bananas!*.
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- Born
- Apr 3, 1956
Malmö Municipality - Also known as
- Carl Fredrik von Gertten
- Carl Fredrik Gertten
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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