Magnus Gertten,
Director, Producer & Auto Images Co-owner 

Magnus Gertten has a background as TV and radio journalist. Since 1998 he has directed a large number of documentaries. Most of Gertten’s films have been shown internationally at film festivals and by leading European and international broadcasters. His most recent work Only the Devil Lives Without Hope has been selected to festivals and broadcasted world wide. 

Magnus previous works include feature length documentaries Becoming Zlatan and Every Face Has a Name. Becoming Zlatan, co-directed with his younger brother Fredrik Gertten premiered at the 2015 IDFA festival. It traveled international festivals and was sold for distribution worldwide. Every Face Has a Name was co-produced and pre-sold to 11 broadcasters worldwide and has received several international awards, including a FIPRESCI Award. His film Tusen Bitar / A Thousand Pieces, co-directed with Stefan Berg, has sold over 160.000 tickets in Nordic cinemas. His documentary Harbour of Hope had Swedish cinema release and its international festival premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Filmfestival in March 2012. Among Magnus’ other films are Rolling Like a Stone (2005) and Long Distance Love (2008). Rolling Like a Stone won the Best Music Documentary Award at the Silverdocs/AFI Festival in 2006. Long Distance Love won Best Documentary at Hamptons International Film Festival in 2009.

Magnus Gertten is a member of European Film Academy.
E-mail: magnus.gertten(@)autoimages.se

Cecilie Bolvinkel, 
Producer 

My journey in the world of films started at the University in Copenhagen where I was studying  film science and was obsessed with camera angles in Japanese film and how American independent films were dissecting the ideal of the American family.  But then studies ended and reality hit - and I got a job at the Danish Film Institute working with festival distribution of documentaries. Here my passion for docs started and I have been working with documentaries ever since and in many different roles - from organising workshops  and pitch forums around the world to publishing Niels Pagh Andersen's book Order in Chaos. 

Now in my role as producer I aim to create a good supportive framework where ideas can grow and reach their full potential and I enjoy the collaborative creative work in all the different stages of bringing the idea to the screen. 

E-mail: cecilie (@)autoimages.se

Sebastian Claesson,
Researcher

Sebastian started out as a reporter and producer in radio and television. He joined the Auto Images team in 2012, and has since then primarily worked with research for documentary projects. His assignments range from everything from character research, to location scouting, to sourcing archives in search of the ultimate footage.

Sebastian has a degree in Journalism from the School of Journalism at Gothenburg University.

E-mail: sebastian(@)autoimages.se

Caroline Troedsson,
Cinematographer & Director

A documentary cinematographer since 2014. I’m passionate about the power of images, and get goosebumps from moments that resonate deeper than language ever could. Capturing a now, that would be lost forever if the camera wasn’t there to witness it. Released my first feature 2019.  

At Auto Images I also handle various technical tasks while doing my best to keep my colleagues’ sugar levels stable. My background includes working on numerous shorts for clients, coaching young creators, and practical roles on larger film crews.

My early inspiration came from the storytellers of my childhood and the folklore of northeastern Skåne. Slightly less mystical however, were my very first actors: the cichlids in my aquarium, who starred in my earliest drama shorts. Although a Master’s degree in Business and Economics offered a brief shift in focus, I’ve always been drawn back to filmmaking. A member of European Film Academy.

E-mail: caroline (@) autoimages.se