Ruben Östlund

ProducerActorProductionCrewDirector Apr 13 (age 51) Styrsö, Gothenburg, Sweden 1997–2026 (29 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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 t…

Known For

Film

Triangle of Sadness

Director

Film

The Square

Director

Film

Force Majeure

Director

Film

Beau Is Afraid

Thanks

Film

Play

Director

Film

Involuntary

Director

Film

Downhill

Executive Producer

Film

Incident by a Bank

Director

Filmography

Acting (14)

Movies (9)

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

2025

as Self

Ritratti di cinema

2025

as Self

Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt

Room 999

as Self

Code Haneke

as Self

Il était une fois... « The Square »

2020

as Self

7.2

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

as Self - Filmmaker

Room 1112

An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation

2008

7.0

Television (5)

Carina Bergfeldt

as Self - Guest

Babel

Min sanning

as Self

Skavlan

as Self - Guest

Le Cercle

as Self

Crew (65)

Movies (65)

Redoubt

2026

Producer

Death of a Fantastic Machine

2025

Production Consultant

10.0

Life and Other Problems

Executive Producer

Beau Is Afraid

Thanks

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

Executive Producer

Triangle of Sadness

Director

Triangle of Sadness

Editor

Triangle of Sadness

Writer

Marks

Thanks

Snow thérapie

Original Film Writer

Downhill

Executive Producer

Downhill

Original Film Writer

The Square

Director

The Square

Editor

The Square

Writer

Ruben Östlund Attack on NATO

2016

Director

Fight on a Swedish Beach!!

2016

Creative Director

5.8

Ten Meter Tower

2016

Art Department Production Assistant

Force Majeure

Director

Force Majeure

Editor

Force Majeure

Screenplay

Play

Director

Play

Editor

Play

Writer

Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order

Executive Producer

Incident by a Bank

Director

Incident by a Bank

Editor

Incident by a Bank

Screenplay

Greetings from the Woods

2009

Executive Producer

5.0

An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation

2008

Director of Photography

7.0

An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation

Producer

Involuntary

Director

Involuntary

Editor

Involuntary

Screenplay

Weekend

Editor

Weekend

2006

Executive Producer

Nattbad

2006

Director

4.0

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

2005

Director

6.2

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

2005

Director of Photography

6.2

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

2005

Editor

6.2

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

2005

Writer

6.2

Den ljusnande framtid är vår

2004

Producer

The Guitar Mongoloid

Director

The Guitar Mongoloid

Writer

Irmelin

Director of Photography

Kalle och bollhavet

2002

Editor

Family Again

2002

Director

2.0

Family Again

2002

Director of Photography

2.0

Family Again

2002

Editor

2.0

Mustasch: Down in Black

2002

Director

4.0

Let the Others Deal With Love

2001

Cinematography

6.4

Let the Others Deal With Love

2001

Director

6.4

Let the Others Deal With Love

2001

Editor

6.4

Let the Others Deal With Love

2001

Screenplay

6.4

Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv

2001

Director

Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv

2001

Writer

Free Radicals II

1998

Director

Free Radicals II

1998

Director of Photography

Free Radicals

Camera Operator

Free Radicals

Director

The Entertainment System Is Down

Director

The Entertainment System Is Down

Producer

The Entertainment System Is Down

Writer

Toast

Director

Toast

Writer