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BOOKS<\/h3>\n

Historical Fiction Book: The Arch of Titus \u2013 A Tale in Eight Acts<\/em>,<\/strong> Norstedts, 2026.<\/p>\n

Documentary Fiction Book,\u00a0Chameleon<\/i>,<\/b> Norstedts, Stockholm, 2024.<\/p>\n

Fiction Book,\u00a0<\/strong>A Crate of Oranges<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong>Norstedts, Stockholm, 2023.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, Among Hobby Epidemiologists and Expert Authorities. A Look at the Swedish Pandemic<\/em>, <\/strong>Norstedts, Stockholm, 2022.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, What Happened on the Road to Jerusalem? An Enigma at the Edge of History<\/em>, <\/strong>Norstedts, Stockholm, 2020.<\/p>\n

Fiction Book, The Thin Ice<\/em>, <\/strong>Norstedts, Stockholm, 2019.<\/p>\n

Fiction Book, The Genius from Breslau<\/em>, <\/strong>Natur & Kultur, Stockholm, 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fiction Book, Madeleine F<\/em><\/strong>. Natur & Kultur, Stockholm, 2016.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, A Shift in Time: <\/em><\/strong>How Historical Documents Reveal the Surprising Truth about Jesus.<\/em><\/strong> Yucca Publishing (a Skyhorse imprint), USA, 2016.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fiction Book, Blekingegatan 32<\/em><\/strong>. Norstedts Publishing House, 2013. Also published in\u00a0Germany and Macedonia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fiction Book, Siri<\/em><\/strong>. Norstedts Publishing House, 2011. Also published in Estonia.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, On Strindberg<\/em>. <\/strong>Editor-in-Chief of a major illustrated work on Swedish\u00a0author August Strindberg (21 authors). Norstedts Publishing House, 2010.<\/p>\n

A Book of Photographs and Essays, \u00c5terblick: Jerusalem, Kairo, Addis Abeba, Bombay. <\/em><\/strong>Bokf\u00f6rlaget Prisma, 2009.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, What happened on the Road to Damascus? In Search of the real Jesus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Nazareth<\/em><\/strong>. (The Jesus Mystery: Astonishing Clues to the True Identities of Jesus and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Paul)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> Bokf\u00f6rlaget Prisma, Stockholm, 2006. Also published in the United States, Great\u00a0Britain, Germany, Holland, Greece, Hungary and Poland.<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book<\/strong>, Ninas Resa (Nina\u2019s Journey)<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>Published by Bokf\u00f6rlaget Prisma,Stockholm, 2005. Also published in Germany, Holland, Poland, Norway, Finland, Russia, Israel and Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-Fiction Book, Handelsresande i liv (Trading in Lives)<\/em><\/strong>. Published by Bokf\u00f6rlaget\u00a0Prisma, Stockholm, September 1999. Also published in Germany.<\/p>\n

FILM<\/h3>\n

Writer: Blekinge Street 32. <\/em><\/strong>Feature film script, about the young Greta Garbo, 2016.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: Our lost Chagall<\/em><\/strong>. Documentary about the painting the\u00a0Germans took from my father\u2019s wall in Poland, in 1939. Lena Einhorn Film, 2011-12.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director and Writer: Strindberg \u2013 a damn life.<\/em><\/strong> A documentary about author August\u00a0Strindberg.\u00a0 Sveriges Television, 2008.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: Women of the Revolution.<\/em><\/strong> A documentary about Emma\u00a0Goldman, Rosa Luxemburg and Alexandra Kollontai. Lena Einhorn Film for Sveriges\u00a0Television, 2006.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director and Writer: Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong>. A feature film about the director\u2019s mother, Nina\u00a0Einhorn, living through the Warsaw ghetto. East of West Film, 2001-2005.<\/p>\n

Director and Writer: Jan Myrdal. <\/em><\/strong>A documentary about the controversial writer and\u00a0political\u00a0 activist Jan Myrdal. Lena Einhorn Film and Sveriges Television, 2004-2005.<\/p>\n

Director and Writer: The Stranger on Bergsunds Strand: The Story of Nobel Prize\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Laureate Nelly Sachs<\/em><\/strong>. Lena Einhorn Film and Sveriges Television, 2002-2003.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: The Riddle of \u201dI\u201d.<\/em><\/strong> A documentary on the Self, from a\u00a0psychologial, religious and biological perspective. Lena Einhorn Film for Sveriges\u00a0Television, 2001- 2002.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: Trustor \u2013 The Great Sting.<\/em><\/strong> A film about the greatest\u00a0financial sting, and scandal, in Sweden ever \u2013 and about the three young men who pulled it\u00a0off. Lena Einhorn Film for Sveriges Television, 2001.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: Loving Greta Garbo<\/em>. <\/strong>Documentary about the life of Greta\u00a0Garbo and about her relationship with Hollywood script writer Mercedes de Acosta. Lena\u00a0Einhorn Film and Sveriges Television, 2000.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: From the Shadows of the Past.<\/em><\/strong> A series of three\u00a0documentary films (3 x 58 min.), on using mythology, language and science in trying to\u00a0untangle our hidden pasts. Lena Einhorn Film and Sveriges Television, 1999-2000.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: \u201dStateless, Arrogant and Lunatic\u201d.<\/em><\/strong> Dramadocumentary\u00a0(100 min.) on Gilel Storch and his work behind the scenes to save Jews during World War\u00a0Two. Lena Einhorn Film, in collaboration with Kanon Television and Sveriges Television,\u00a01997-98.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer:<\/strong> Frozen Beauty.<\/strong><\/em> Documentary (58 min.) on the role of the Artists in arctic exploration through the ages. Sveriges Television. 1997.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer:<\/strong> Life in the Universe? <\/strong><\/em>Is life a natural process in a\u00a0multifaceted Universe \u2013not necessarily a unique event on our Earth? Documentary (29 min.)\u00a0produced for\u00a0 Sveriges Television. 1996-97.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer:<\/strong> Voyage to the Arctic<\/strong>. <\/em>Documentary (58 min.) on the North\u00a0Pole Expedition with icebreaker Oden. For Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish TV. 1996.<\/em><\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer:<\/em> Awakening of the Frozen Addicts<\/em>.<\/strong> Documentary (58 min.)\u00a0on fetal tissue transplantation to Parkinson patients. Sveriges Television, 1995–<\/em>96.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: The Great Comet<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>Documentary (29 min.) on how comets\u00a0and asteroids have affected life on earth. Sveriges Television, 1995.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer and Writer: The Human Quest<\/em><\/strong>. Produced and co-wrote program 3\u00a0(Consciousness)<\/em> (52 min.) in the four-part national PBS series. Produced at KCET, Los\u00a0Angeles for nationwide U.S. broadcast, 1995.<\/p>\n

Director, Producer, Writer and Editor: The Era of the Car<\/em><\/strong> Documentary (58 min.) on the\u00a0history and future of the automobile. Sveriges Television, 1993.<\/p>\n

Research: The Saga of Life<\/em><\/strong>, part 1 in a three part international\u00a0 TV-series on the work of\u00a0photographer Lennart Nilsson. Co-produced by SVT1, ZDF, RAI, Channel 4 and WGBH.
\n1992-93 (International Emmy Winner)<\/p>\n

Science Producer, Director and Writer<\/strong>: Produced medical and science documentaries, as well as medical news programs (Medical Broadcasting Company, Pennsylvania; Medical News Network, New York; MED, New Jersey; BMS, etc.) 1991-1993.<\/p>\n

Medical Editor and Producer, Lifetime Television,<\/strong> New York. Responsible for\u00a026 half-hour medical and science documentaries and studio shows per year. 1989-1991.<\/p>\n

Producer and Editor, The Political Plague: Three Interviews on AIDS<\/em>,<\/strong> a film about\u00a0polarization and paralysis in the AIDS era. 1987 (student film).<\/em><\/p>\n

Producer and Editor<\/strong>, 60th and Larchwood<\/em><\/strong>, 16mm film about a changing neighborhood in Philadelphia. 1986 (student film).<\/p>\n

THEATER ETC.<\/h3>\n

Co-Writer: Motherland. <\/em><\/strong>A play about courage, 2021.<\/p>\n

Writer and performer: Imaginary Alien \u2013 An Inconvenient Truth. <\/em><\/strong>A thematic concert about the pogrom in Kielce. With Jakob Koranyi, Peter Friis Johansson, and others. J\u00e4rna 2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Writer: Anna & Sigmund. <\/em><\/strong>A play about Anna and Sigmund Freud. <\/strong>2026.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director and Co-Writer: Living Room: A Palestinian Woman, A Jewish Woman, 200 liters of Paint, and a Conflict. <\/em><\/strong>Kilen, Stockholm, 2008.<\/p>\n

PHOTOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n

Solo exhibition of photographic work: <\/strong>Limhamns konsthall, Malm\u00f6, Oct-Nov 2014.<\/p>\n

Photographer<\/strong>: \u00c5terblick: Jerusalem, Kairo, Addis Abeba, Bombay.<\/em><\/strong> Prisma, 2009.<\/p>\n

Photographic exhibitions<\/strong>, Planket, Stockholm, 1982, and The Diaspora Museum, Tel\u00a0Aviv, 1983.<\/p>\n

Photographs <\/strong>published in newspapers, magazines and books.<\/p>\n

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE<\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist<\/strong>, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1985-88.<\/p>\n

Postdoctorate<\/strong>, Dept. of Embryology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1984-85.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student<\/strong>, Dept. of Virology , Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 1980-1983;\u00a0Dept. of Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institute, 1975-79.<\/p>\n

Laboratory Physician<\/strong>, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, 1980-81.<\/p>\n

Teacher<\/strong> of Medical Students<\/strong>, Dept. of Virology, Karolinska Institute, 1980-83.<\/p>\n

AWARDS<\/h3>\n

FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guldbaggen, the Swedish National Film Award, for Best Film, 2005. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Guldbaggen for Best Script, 2005. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gothenburg Grand Film Award, 2005. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Yad Vashem Award, 2006. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Director, The Golden Rooster Film Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2006. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, 2006. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best of Fest, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2007. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best International Dramatic Feature, Vancouver International Jewish Film Festival, 2007. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Narrative Film, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, 2008. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prix Europa, Television Programme of the Year<\/em>, 1999. \u201dStateless, Arrogant and Lunatic\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Swedish Academy of Verbovisual Information Award 1998. \u201dStateless, Arrogant and Lunatic\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Semi-Finalist for the 1998 International Emmy (no.1 European selection). \u201dStateless, Arrogant and Lunatic\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalist, The New York Festival 1998. \u201dStateless, Arrogant and Lunatic\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Le Prix Aventure et D\u00e9couverte (Festival Image & Science), 2002. From the Shadows of the Past<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mai Zetterling Award, 2006, for \u201ca film director with high artistic qualities, who widens the boundries for short or documentary film\u201d, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOOKS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The August Prize (National Book Award of Sweden), non-fiction book of the year, 2005. Nina\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Garbo Prize, 2014. Blekingegatan 32<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Sveriges Radios Romanpris (The Swedish Public Radio Novel Prize), 2019. The Genius from Breslau<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Delblanc Prize, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

THEATER<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Drama Stipend of the Church of Sweden, 2017, Motherland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/h3>\n

M.D.<\/strong>, 1982, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Tumor Biology and Virology<\/strong>, 1983, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden. Ph.D.\u00a0thesis entitled Early interactions of Epstein-Barr Virus and Cytomegalovirus with human\u00a0<\/em>leukocytes and other cells in vitro<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Medicine<\/strong>, 1976, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Graduate and Undergraduate Courses in Documentary and Feature Filmmaking:
\n<\/strong>Documentary Filmmaking. Bucks County Community College, Pennsylvania, 1986;\u00a0Filmmaking. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987;\u00a0Script writing for feature films. Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm, 1996;\u00a0Directing feature films. Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm, 1999.<\/p>\n

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/h3>\n

Composer of film music. <\/em>Former member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), present member of STIM (Svenska Tons\u00e4ttares Internationella Musikbyr\u00e5).<\/p>\n

Member of the Board, The Swedish Research Council, Section for Humanities and Social Sciences, 2001-2004.<\/p>\n

Member of the Board, The Swedish Arts Council, 2006-2008.<\/p>\n

Member of the Board, Karolinska Inst., 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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