Ella Lemhagen

Ella Lemhagen studied directing at Dramatiska Institutet

1989-92. She made her debut as

a feature film director in 1996 with the highly praised Drömprinsen - filmen om

Em/The Prince of Dreams, for which she also wrote the original screenplay. Ella

has had great national and international success with her films. Her 1999

feature Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen/Tsatsiki, Mum and the Policeman, is one of

the most popular contemporary Swedish children- and youth oriented films of all

time. Patrik 1,5/Patrik, Age 1.5 earned wide international acclaim after its

world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008. The Crown

Jewels (2011) is her latest film.