Per Berglund
(1939 -     )
Sometimes credited as Pelle Berglund

Born in Hedemora, Sweden. Screenwriter, producer and director who entered Swedish film in 1969 as an assistant director on FADERN / DREAM OF A FATHER. Other notable directing credits include DEN MAGISKA CIRKELN / THE MAGIC CIRCLE (1970, also writer), TURE SVENTON - PRIVATDETEKTIV (1972, also writer), DEN DEMOKRATISKE TERRORISTEN / THE DEMOCRATIC TERRORIST (1992), HUNDARNA I RIGA / THE HOUNDS OF RIGA (1995), and DEN VITA LEJONINNAN / THE WHITE LIONESS (1996). His film TÄCKNAMN COQ ROUGE / CODE NAME COQ ROUGE (1989) was nominated for Best Film at Mystfest (International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolia, Italy).

In a seven-year stint as a producer, Berglund's credits include SVEN KLANGS KVINTETT / SVEN KLANG'S COMBO and MANNEN PÅ TAKET / MAN ON THE ROOF (both 1976), MACKAN (1977), BOMSALVA / MISFIRE (1978), STORTJUVEN (1979), INTER RAIL (1981, exec. prod.), and ANDRA DANSEN / SECOND DANCE (1983).

Berglund has also written and directed extensively for television.

 Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1987: MITT LIV SOM HUND (MY LIFE AS A DOG) (w. Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jonsson & Brasse Brannstrom)

1 nomination