Joel Bergvall

Joel Bergvall is the Swedish-born Academy Award nominated filmmaker behind some of the biggest brand stories of the past decades. He is known for the short film Victor (1999), the thriller Den osynlige (2002, remade as The Invisible in 2007) and screenplay adaption of Tunnels, the British novel series by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, as well as shareable branded content featuring celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Cristiano Ronaldo, Tim McGraw, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Ed Sheeran and many more.

Biography

Born in March 1973, Bergvall grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm. His formal education included the film program at Södra Latin Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as Kulturama's program for film studies,[1] also in Stockholm.

Bergvall had a career in documentary work in his early 20s. He got his start in television news and documentary work, working professionally as a cinematographer and editor before graduating high school. After freelancing for local and national TV networks, he transitioned to international work as a documentary filmmaker and producer in the 1990s, working on assignment from numerous European networks in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Croatia, and other hotspots.

Bergvall followed this documentary stint with more scripted television work, one of which earned him a Golden Slate Awards (a.k.a. Guldklappan).

In 1997, Bergvall partnered with Simon Sandquist to produce and direct the short film Victor which earned a 1999 Academy Award nomination.[2] It also caused him to meet his wife, when she broke into the Academy Awards.[3]

In 2002, Bergvall and Sandquist partnered again to direct the theatrical feature Den osynlige (a.k.a. The Invisible). Due to it's positive reception internationally, it was sold to Spyglass and, in partnership with Disney, became the first film in a wave of English-language remakes of Swedish films, The Invisible.

Bergvall has been attached to several projects at various Hollywood studios, including Fear Itself at Intermedia,[4] Books of Magic at Warner Brothers,[5] The Imagined at Fox, Trap Door at New Line Cinema, and more.

Bergvall's first English language feature was Possession (a.k.a. Addicted), produced by Vertigo and Spitfire Entertainment, released by Yari Film Group and 20th Century Fox, and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

As a writer, Bergvall also adapted, with Sandquist, the British novel series Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams for Relativity.[6] In 2013 he partnered with Converge Studios and music producing duo Rock Mafia to create Fly or Die, a New Media TV show set in the world of music and initially released through BitTorrent.[7]

With the rise of digital media, Bergvall specialized in highly shareable branded content, directing and producing some of the biggest hits in the world over the last few years, working with celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Cristiano Ronaldo, Tim McGraw, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Ed Sheeran and many more.[8]

Bergvall is currently a Partner and Chief Story Officer with Shareability.[9]

References
  1. Kulturama. "Kulturama". Kulturama. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013.
  2. IMDB. "Academy Awards, USA (1999)". IMDB.
  3. Group, Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment (2022-01-07). "Joel Bergvall of Shareability: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became A Filmmaker". Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  4. Film Releases. "Fear Itself". Film Releases.
  5. Hollywood Reporter (14 May 2004). "Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall to direct Books of Magic".
  6. DTGRE. "Mikael Hafstrom to Direct Tunnels Film". DTGRE.
  7. CNET. "BitTorrent Bundle elbows its way to the original content table". CNET.
  8. Group, Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment (2022-01-07). "Joel Bergvall of Shareability: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became A Filmmaker". Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  9. "S h a r e a b i l i t y". Shareability. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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