Mikael Marcimain

Call Girl

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

Release Date:2012-11-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:75

An Honest Life

Simon arrives in Lund full of anticipation and ready for his life to really begin; but is quickly disappointed by law school. During a violent protest march he meets the anarchistic young woman Max and falls in love. She dazzles him with a world of excess, lies and huge risks - and when he realizes the damage that's done, it's already too late to escape.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Blackwater

Set in the 1970s, Blackwater tells the story of how four random people's lives converge after two tourists are found murdered in a tent near the Swedish mountain town of Blackwater.

Release Date:2023-01-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:28

The Hunt for a Killer

Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. A reality-based crime drama about the policeman Per-Åke Åkesson and the reconnaissance group that was tasked with investigating several murders of women in northeastern Skåne. The series starts in Hörby in 1989.

Release Date:2020-11-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:19

Horizon Line

A couple flying on a small plane to attend a tropical island wedding must fight for their lives after their pilot suffers a heart attack.

Release Date:2020-10-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:387

Liberty

Christian moves to Tanzania with his do-good parents and tries to find his way in a community of ex-pats and Africans.

Release Date:2018-02-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:7

Gentlemen

Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and charismatic Morgan brothers.

Release Date:2014-12-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:21

Wallander: The Heritage

When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski, with whose wife Manfred was having an affair, but Jan is found hanged - later evidence suggesting foul play. Benjamin Wilkes, an ex-psychologist who helped Manfred select redundancy candidates, is killed in the same way as Manfred, putting disgruntled ex-Brada employees in the frame, but a third slaying implicates a former patient of Wilkes, who has connections to the Stjarne family. A newly loved-up Isabelle and Pontius start to fool around whilst on surveillance, taking their eye off the ball and allowing this suspect to confront Claire.

Release Date:2010-04-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:14

Wallander: The Ghost

Arson is suspected when a house burns to the ground following a gas explosion, and a man and a woman are found dead. Wallander investigates and uncovers an intricate web of lies.

Release Date:2010-03-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:13

Knullträdet

"The Shag Tree" was a Swedish campaign promoting a more open and more honest relationship to our sexuality and the use of condoms at the same time.

Release Date:2010-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Doktor Glas

Doktor Glas face ethical complications when a woman, Helga Gregorius, asks for help in preventing her husband, the disgusting Pastor Gregorius, to have sex with her.

Release Date:2009-02-28

Department:Camera

Job:Camera Operator

How Soon Is Now?

How Soon Is Now? is a 2007 Swedish drama television serial directed by Mikael Marcimain. The narrative portrays four people who grow up Gothenburg between 1966 and 1976. The serial was produced for Sveriges Television, from a screenplay by Peter Birro.

Release Date:2007-09-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2

The Laser Man

The series follows the events during the fall and winter of 1991–92, when John Ausonius shot a total of eleven people with an immigrant background. The series partly follows Ausonius during the execution of the crime, and partly the police's detective work. The series also provides an insight into Ausonius' earlier life, from high school age onwards.

Release Date:2005-11-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:7

Wallander

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

Release Date:2005-01-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:54

The Grave

Archaeologists dig up a mass grave in a Swedish forest. A special police group is set up to find out the murderers.

Release Date:2004-12-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:5

Laura Trenter Presents

Three of author Laura Trenter's highly successful children's crime stories have been adapted for television and are now available as nine 30 minute episodes. Laura Trenter is the daughter of crime novelists Stieg and Ulla Trenter.

Release Date:2002-11-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:2