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Mats Helge

Mats Helge

Director · Born May 10, 1953 · Lidköping, Skaraborgs län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]

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Biography

Mats Helge Olsson is a Swedish producer, screenwriter and director. He started out as a filmmaker creating lingonberry westerns, a paraphrase on the concept of spaghetti westerns. Several well known and respected Swedish actors participated in the film projects. Together with the Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, he made "Sverige åt svenskarna/Sweden to the Swedes" (1980) that resulted in a debt of SEK 16 million and the film project went bankrupt after a few months. Further on in the 1980s, Mats Helge started a film factory where he produced several English-language low budget action films. 15 feature films in all came out of Mats Helge's initiative.

Directed 15

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Forgotten Wells

    Director

  2. 1992

    Nordexpressen

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Russian Ninja

    Director

  2. The Mad Bunch

    Director

  3. The Hired Gun

    Director

  4. 1988

    Animal Protector

    Director

  5. Fatal Secret

    Director

  6. 1987

    Ghost Hunters

    Director

  7. 1986

    Eagle Island

    Director

  8. 1985

    Blood Tracks

    Director

  9. 1984

    The Ninja Mission

    Director

  10. 1980

    Forced to Live

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Heja Sverige!

    Director

  2. 1977

    The Frozen Star

    Director

  3. 1975

    Dead Man's Trail

    Director

Produced 10

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Forgotten Wells

    Producer

  2. 1992

    Nordexpressen

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Russian Ninja

    Producer

  2. The Mad Bunch

    Producer

  3. The Hired Gun

    Producer

  4. 1988

    Fatal Secret

    Producer

  5. 1980

    Sverige åt svenskarna

    Producer

  6. Forced to Live

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Heja Sverige!

    Producer

  2. 1977

    The Frozen Star

    Producer

Wrote 9

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Forgotten Wells

    Writer

  2. 1992

    Nordexpressen

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Russian Ninja

    Writer

  2. The Hired Gun

    Writer

  3. 1988

    Animal Protector

    Writer

  4. Fatal Secret

    Writer

  5. 1985

    Blood Tracks

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979

    Heja Sverige!

    Writer

  2. 1975

    Dead Man's Trail

    Writer

Acted in 5

1980s

  1. 1988

    Animal Protector

    Van Effen

  2. 1987

    Ghost Hunters

    Böna

  3. 1986

    Eagle Island

    Intruder

  4. 1985

    Blood Tracks

    Frank the Caretaker

  5. 1984

    The Ninja Mission

    Ivan

Visual effects 1

1990s

  1. 1992

    Lena Ph: Agent 006

    Pyrotechnic Supervisor

Other crew 1

1980s

  1. 1980

    Flight Level 450

    Special Effects

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2013

    The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Mission

    Self - (Archive footage)