Mats Helge

Born: 1953-05-10

Birthplace: Lidköping, Skaraborgs län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]

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.

Known For

Blood Tracks
Flight Level 450
Sverige åt svenskarna
Lena Ph: Agent 006
Heja Sverige!
The Ninja Mission
Dead Man's Trail
The Hired Gun
The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Mission
Forced to Live

Top Movie Credits

Blood Tracks Director
Flight Level 450 Special Effects
Sverige åt svenskarna Producer
Lena Ph: Agent 006 Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Heja Sverige! Writer
The Ninja Mission Director
Dead Man's Trail Director
The Hired Gun Director
The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Mission Himself (archive footage)
Forced to Live Director