Mats Helge
Known for
Directing
Born
May 10, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Lidköping, Skaraborgs län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]
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.
Best known work
Blood Tracks
1985
The Ninja Mission
1984
The Russian Ninja
1989
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
Eagle Island
1986
Animal Protector
1988
The Forgotten Wells
1994
Dead Man's Trail
1975
Fatal Secret
1988
The Mad Bunch
1989Filmography
2013
The Director Who Disappeared: The Story of The Ninja Missionas Himself (archive footage)
1994
The Forgotten WellsProducer, Director, Writer
1992
NordexpressenDirector, Producer, Writer
1992
Lena Ph: Agent 006Pyrotechnic Supervisor
1989
The Russian NinjaDirector, Writer, Producer
1989
The Mad BunchProducer, Director
1989
The Hired GunProducer, Director, Writer
1988
Animal Protectoras Van Effen, Director, Writer
1988
Fatal SecretProducer, Writer, Director
1987
Ghost Huntersas Böna, Director
1986
Eagle Islandas Intruder, Director
1985
Blood Tracksas Frank the Caretaker, Director, Screenplay
1984
The Ninja Missionas Ivan, Director
1980
Sverige åt svenskarnaProducer
1980
Flight Level 450Special Effects
1980
Forced to LiveProducer, Director
1979
Heja Sverige!Producer, Director, Writer
1977
The Frozen StarDirector, Producer
1975
Dead Man's TrailWriter, Director