RIP Katinka Faragó

 

Film producer Katinka Faragó has died

Film producer Katinka Faragó has passed away, 87 years old, the family reports to Sveriges Radio's "Culture News". For nearly seven decades, she worked within Swedish film.

Sweden Herald

November 27, 2024

 

She began her career as a script girl, among other things in Ingmar Bergman's films where she also became a production manager. They worked together for 30 years and made 19 films together, including "The Magic Flute".

Katinka Faragó also collaborated with directors such as Mai Zetterling, Jan Troell, Alf Kjellin, Hasse Ekman, Vilgot Sjöman, Gunnel Lindblom, and Colin Nutley. She began her career as a producer with Stig Björkman's "Behind the Blind" in 1984, followed by Kjell Grede's "Hip Hip Hurrah!" three years later. She also produced films such as Per Åhlin's "The Journey to Melonia" and Daniel Alfredson's "Tic Tac".

When Katinka Faragó received an honorary Guldbagge in 2016, she was described as "the backbone of the Swedish film industry". The autobiography she wrote together with Birgitta Kristoffersson was titled "Katinka and the Directors – 125 Films and 55 Years Behind the Camera".

The Swedish Film Institute's CEO, Anna Croneman, describes Katinka Faragó as "a legend". When she stopped being a producer, she devoted great energy to inspiring young talents, including Anna Croneman, who at 19 years old had applied to the Dramatic Institute for the first time and was not accepted. The same evening, she was called by jury member Katinka Faragó, who said "don't be sad, you don't need film school".

"She was incredibly straightforward and kind in a unique combination, and I was very sad to hear that she had left us", says Anna Croneman in a comment.

FARAGO, Katinka (Katerina Faragó)

Born: 12/16/1936, Vienna, Austria

Died: 11/27/2024, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Katinka Faragó’s westerns – script supervisor, script advisor:

The Emigrants – 1971 [script supervisor]

The New Land – 1972 [script advisor]