Director
Mats Helge
Born May 10, 1953 in Lidköping, Skaraborgs län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]15 films
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.
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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.
Filmography
15 films as director- 1994The Forgotten WellsDirector
- 1992NordexpressenDirector
- 1989The Russian NinjaDirector
- 1989The Mad BunchDirector
- 1989The Hired GunDirector
- 1988Animal ProtectorDirector
- 1988Fatal SecretDirector
- 1987Ghost HuntersDirector
- 1986Eagle IslandDirector
- 1985Blood TracksDirector
- 1984The Ninja MissionDirector
- 1980Forced to LiveDirector
- 1979Heja Sverige!Director
- 1977The Frozen StarDirector
- 1975Dead Man's TrailDirector