Isabella Eklöf

Directing

Born: 1978-02-10
From: Östra Ryd, Sweden
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Изабелла ЭклёфIsabella Jenny Karolina Eklöf

Biography

Isabella Jenny Karolina Eklöf (born 10 February 1978; Östra Ryd) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. Eklöf attended the National Film School of Denmark. She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In. Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film Border with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist. For Border, Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay; they were also nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film Holiday, for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas; Holiday went on to win four Bodil Awards, including Best Danish Film.

Awards & Nominations2 won · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

Robert Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Kalak

2025
🏆 Won

The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize

2019
Nominated

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Border

2019
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Border

2018
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Border

2018