# Axel Danielson (director)

Axel Danielson is a Swedish film director and producer.

## Life and career

Danielson was born in Vittskövle, Sweden. He worked as a firefighter in Kristianstad for three years before film studies at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg. In 2012 he founded the master program Cinematic Processes at the Valand Academy. His graduation film was Summer Clouds (Sommarlek), which won an award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He is the co-owner of the production company Plattform Produktion.
Danielson's first feature documentary film Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (Pangpangbröder), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011. In 2016, he co-directed Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet), along with Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short film. In 2023, he co-directed And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, together with his long-term collaborator Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
| 2023 | And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | Director, writer and producer | Documentary |
| 2023 | Liv | Editor | Documentary |
| 2021 | Jobs for All! (Arbete åt Alla!) | Director | 1 episode |
| 2018 | A Good Week for Democracy | Editor and producer | Documentary |
| 2016 | Because the World Never Stops | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer | Documentary |
| 2016 | Fight on a Swedish Beach!! | Editor and producer | Documentary |
| 2016 | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer | Documentary |
| 2016 | Extramaterial | Writer and editor | Documentary |
| 2011 | Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (Pangpangbröder) | Director, writer, editor and cinematographer | Documentary |
| 2004 | Summer Clouds (Sommarlek) | Director | Short film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 2023 | Won | Sundance Film Festival | Special Jury Award: Creative Vision | Fantastic Machine |
| 2023 | Won | Berlin International Film Festival | AG Kino Gilde - Cinema Vision 14plus and Special mention | Fantastic Machine |
| 2023 | Won | Seattle International Film Festival | Youth Jury Prize For Best Futurewave Feature | Fantastic Machine |
| 2022 | Won | Clermont ISFF | Audience Award | Jobs for All! (Arbete åt Alla!) |
| 2018 | Nominated | News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2018 | Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2017 | Won | Traverse City Film Festival | Best Documentary Short Film | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2017 | Won | Nantucket Film Festival | Best Short Film | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2017 | Nominated | Guldbagge Awards | Best Short Film | Because the World Never Stops |
| 2016 | Won | Ji.hlava IDFF | Best European Documentary Short | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2016 | Won | Gothenburg Film Festival | Best Swedish short | Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| 2005 | Won | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Sleepwalkers Grand Prize | Summer Clouds (Sommarlek) |