Ruben Östlund

Biography

Ruben Östlund (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrʉːbɛnˈœstlɵnd]) (born April 13 1974) is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his satirical black comedy films Force Majeure (2014), The Square(2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Palmes d'Or, four European Film Awards and nominations for three Academy Awards. Östlund was born in Styrsö, Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. After high school, he started working in various ski resorts in the Alps during the winter seasons. While in the Alps, he began making skiing videos for his friends, which helped him obtain a job at a local production company. He went on to study at the film school in Gothenburg, graduating in 2001. He was accepted to the school based on his skiing films. Together with film producer Erik Hemmendorff, he is the co-founder of the production company Plattform Produktion, which produces his films. His first three feature-length fiction films were The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Involuntary (2008) and Play (2011). The Guitar Mongoloid won the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. Östlund's short film Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear for Best Shor…

Directed

1. Triangle of Sadness (2022) — Director
2. The Square (2017) — Director
3. Force Majeure (2014) — Director
4. Play (2011) — Director
5. Involuntary (2008) — Director
6. Incident by a Bank (2010) — Director
7. Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005) — Director
8. The Guitar Mongoloid (2004) — Director
9. Nattbad (2006) — Director
10. Let the Others Deal With Love (2001) — Director
11. Mustasch: Down in Black (2002) — Director
12. Family Again (2002) — Director
13. Free Radicals (1997) — Director
14. The Entertainment System Is Down — Director
15. Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv (2001) — Director
16. Toast — Director
17. Free Radicals II (1998) — Director
18. Ruben Östlund Attack on NATO (2016) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018) — Self - Filmmaker
2. Skavlan (2009) — Self - Guest
3. Code Haneke (2022) — Self
4. Room 999 (2023) — Self
5. Room 1112 (2012)
6. Il était une fois... « The Square » (2020) — Self
7. Min sanning (2012) — Self
8. Carina Bergfeldt (2021) — Self - Guest
9. Being Bo Widerberg (2025) — Self
10. An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation (2008)
11. Babel (2014)
12. Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt (2024)
13. The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues (2025) — Self
14. Ritratti di cinema (2025) — Self
15. Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life (2026) — Self
16. Ruben — Self
17. Le Cercle (2005) — Self