Portrait of Jan Troell

Directing

Jan Troell

Career

Active from 1958 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The New Land
The New Land
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jan Troell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Mystery
    2.4, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Swedish Cinema 5
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Family Saga 4
  • Pioneer Life 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Early 20th Century 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Man vs. Nature 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Once Upon a Time There Was a Now
Once Upon a Time There Was a Now (2025)

Director

2010s

6 titles · average score 54
Vid diktens port
Vid diktens port (2016)

Director

Vem var du Axel Ebbe?
Vem var du Axel Ebbe? (2016)

Director

Bo Widerberg regisserar
Bo Widerberg regisserar (2015)

Camera Operator

The Last Sentence
The Last Sentence (2012)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay, Editor

Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom (2011)

Director, Director of Photography

By My Own Measure – A Desert Journey
By My Own Measure – A Desert Journey (2010)

Writer, Director

2000s

11 titles · average score 64
Everlasting Moments
Everlasting Moments (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

Story, Editor

Tune
Tune (2007)

Director, Director of Photography

Snigeln
Snigeln (2006)

Editor, Director of Photography

Love 60+
Love 60+ (2005)

Editor, Director

Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Director of Photography

Det gula märket
Det gula märket (2004)

Director of Photography, Director

Presence
Presence (2003)

Director of Photography, Sound

Johanna! Yohanna!
Johanna! Yohanna! (2003)

Cinematography, Thanks

Reflection 2001
Reflection 2001 (2002)

Director

As White as in Snow
As White as in Snow (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography, Screenplay

92.8 MHz – Dreams in the South
92.8 MHz – Dreams in the South (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

5 titles · average score 75
Their Frozen Dream
Their Frozen Dream (1997)

Director, Screenplay

...och barnen i äppelträdet: en film om åldrande
...och barnen i äppelträdet: en film om åldrande (1997)

Director, Editor

Hamsun
Hamsun (1996)
GoodWatch score 88

Director, Director of Photography

Dansen
Dansen (1994)

Writer, Director

Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

1980s

2 titles · average score 72
Land of Dreams
Land of Dreams (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

The Flight of the Eagle
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay, Director of Photography

1970s

11 titles · average score 69
Hurricane
Hurricane (1979)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

Det hender ikke meg
Det hender ikke meg (1979)

Writer, Director of Photography

Bang!
Bang! (1977)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Editor

Nålsögat: En film om möjligheter
Nålsögat: En film om möjligheter (1975)

Editor, Writer

Zandy's Bride
Zandy's Bride (1974)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Gamen
Gamen (1973)

Director, Cinematography

The New Land
The New Land (1972)
GoodWatch score 90

Screenplay, Director of Photography

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Frieriet
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Frieriet (1972)

Director, Director of Photography

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Höstacken
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Höstacken (1972)

Director, Director of Photography

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Valsen
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken: Valsen (1972)

Director, Director of Photography

The Emigrants
The Emigrants (1971)
GoodWatch score 87

Editor, Screenplay

1960s

17 titles · average score 69
Who Saw Him Die?
Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director of Photography

Here Is Your Life
Here Is Your Life (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography, Director

Interlude in the Marshland
Interlude in the Marshland (1965)

Director of Photography, Writer

4 x 4
4 x 4 (1965)

Editor, Director

Portrait of Åsa
Portrait of Åsa (1965)

Director of Photography, Director

Vår i dalby hage
Vår i dalby hage (1965)

Director of Photography, Director

The Baby Carriage
The Baby Carriage (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

The Boy and the Kite
The Boy and the Kite (1962)

Writer, Editor

One More Brother
One More Brother (1962)

Director of Photography, Editor

Båten
Båten (1962)

Editor, Producer

De kom tillbaka
De kom tillbaka (1962)

Director

Summer Day
Summer Day (1961)

Writer, Director

1950s

1 title
City
City (1958)

Director, Writer