3.9
Movie
Directing
Mats Helge
- Born
- (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Lidköping, Skaraborgs län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]
- Credits
- 19 titles
Biography
Mats Helge Olsson is a Swedish producer, screenwriter and director. He started out as a filmmaker creating lingonberry westerns, a paraphrase on the concept of spaghetti westerns. Several well known and respected Swedish actors participated in the film projects. Together with the Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, he made "Sverige åt svenskarna/Sweden to the Swedes" (1980) that resulted in a debt of SEK 16 million and the film project went bankrupt after a few months.
Further on in the 1980s, Mats Helge started a film factory where he produced several English-language low budget action films. 15 feature films in all came out of Mats Helge's initiative.
Signature work
Known For
3.9
Movie
4.6
Movie
The Ninja Mission
4.4
Movie
The Russian Ninja
3.2
Movie
Sverige åt svenskarna
6.0
Movie
Eagle Island
4.8
Movie
Animal Protector
4.2
Movie
The Forgotten Wells
4.0
Movie
Dead Man's Trail
4.8
Movie
Fatal Secret
3.8
Movie
The Mad Bunch
8.0
Movie
Nordexpressen
7.5
Movie
Ghost Hunters
5.5
Movie
Forced to Live
8.0
Movie
The Frozen Star
8.0
Movie
Heja Sverige!
8.0
Movie
The Hired Gun
5.5
Movie
Lena Ph: Agent 006
7.0
Movie
Flight Level 450
Acting credits 6
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Mission Film | Himself (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Animal Protector Film | Van Effen |
| 1987 | Ghost Hunters Film | Böna |
| 1986 | Eagle Island Film | Intruder |
| 1985 | Blood Tracks Film | Frank the Caretaker |
| 1984 | The Ninja Mission Film | Ivan |
Crew credits 18
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Forgotten Wells Film | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1992 | Nordexpressen Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1992 | Lena Ph: Agent 006 Film | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| 1989 | The Russian Ninja Film | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1989 | The Mad Bunch Film | Producer, Director |
| 1989 | The Hired Gun Film | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1988 | Animal Protector Film | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Fatal Secret Film | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1987 | Ghost Hunters Film | Director |
| 1986 | Eagle Island Film | Director |
| 1985 | Blood Tracks Film | Screenplay, Director |
| 1984 | The Ninja Mission Film | Director |
| 1980 | Sverige åt svenskarna Film | Producer |
| 1980 | Flight Level 450 Film | Special Effects |
| 1980 | Forced to Live Film | Producer, Director |
| 1979 | Heja Sverige! Film | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1977 | The Frozen Star Film | Director, Producer |
| 1975 | Dead Man's Trail Film | Writer, Director |