Lars-Magnus Lindgren (3 July 1922 – 23 November 2004) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Lindgren was born on July 3, 1922. After leaving school, Lindgren studied engineering. He then started working for the Swedish company Sandrews , where he was commissioned to produce commercials and produced about 30 short films. He made his directorial debut in the film industry in 1957 with En drömmares vandring , a film adaptation of writer Dan Andersson 's biography. For this he was subsequently awarded the Encouragement Prize ( Uppmuntringspris ) by the Swedish weekly magazine Folket i Bild.
His 1964 film Dear John was nominated for a 1966 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Among his other best-known works is the 1968 film Black Palm Trees (Svarta palmkronor), based on the 1944 story by writer Peder Sjögren. After some great successes and ups and downs in his career, he retired from film production. Lindgren wrote his last screenplay for the film Lejonet och jungfrun, in which he also directed and in 1980 he directed the television film Styv kuling for the last time.
He died on November 23, 2004.
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