Ruben Östlund
Ruben Östlund (born 13 April 1974) is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his black comedic and satirical films Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017), and Triangle of Sadness (2022), all of which received largely positive reviews and won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d'Or for the latter two. His English-language debut Triangle of Sadness received critical acclaim and earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, with the film itself being nominated for Best Picture.
Known for
![Life and Other Problems](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/grpPf2KzYyu2LJkZkPXoWRRbQyO.jpg)
Life and Other Problems
![Room 999](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x9pOfgelMVugKmKXlVJY9i9Ple2.jpg)
Room 999
![And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sPP49SUKC2xlVCORLvdeicvmDFH.jpg)
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
![Beau Is Afraid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wgVkkjigF31r1nZV80uV0xNIoun.jpg)
Beau Is Afraid
![Triangle of Sadness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k9eLozCgCed5FGTSdHu0bBElAV8.jpg)
Triangle of Sadness
![Snow thérapie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ltoXm8nakZxC5xVNx8sy7TWRB1H.jpg)
Snow thérapie
![Code Haneke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/khHoI6p5RCayzqd3A4MGeRQNP5Y.jpg)
Code Haneke
![Marks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hI1QFmv8PRm8z0Dvmha65FRBhw0.jpg)
Marks
![Carina Bergfeldt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mBa1ekpNKaCNvRjgIPLyyE5pBi9.jpg)
Carina Bergfeldt
![Il était une fois... « The Square »](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j9sQ1zgwC448xaIT2KxnRaW7NqT.jpg)
Il était une fois... « The Square »
![Downhill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ruLqLb2bfWKykckxVlVZayuBOgW.jpg)
Downhill
![Searching for Ingmar Bergman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2khvUbOVJ4TPFZ8fcXllFF9zGPf.jpg)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
![The Square](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pefcv5VNspSK4Dt8doei5bJmmln.jpg)
The Square
![Fight on a Swedish Beach!!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dXRaNObnDwXdpiPFXcKrOfE8ssr.jpg)
Fight on a Swedish Beach!!
![Ten Meter Tower](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b78qdKxzyw80iIjPn7T7Bp8DWan.jpg)
Ten Meter Tower
![Force Majeure](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/41agNfzepz2DTdgTBX1fX0QclHp.jpg)
Force Majeure
![Babel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fIeGUeVlPl6dxWbXn62GEupX4EJ.jpg)
Babel
![Min sanning](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cW82P9eGyByjDdkP0P83b7nGUZ9.jpg)
Min sanning
![Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aJ9WqemhOfn4zenvrT3cvOZ8A3L.jpg)
Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order
![Play](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bJWi0taJmU9WyPdIUVhShxISCFA.jpg)
Play
![Incident by a Bank](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rrx8YuLQFlCO9HiX3TZQZhynQrN.jpg)
Incident by a Bank
![Greetings from the Woods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xYVV3QP7rsRI7G94PI2HxK0ePbp.jpg)
Greetings from the Woods
![Skavlan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aDQoVmOfYIy7iGEQno9NtxDmaDI.jpg)
Skavlan
![Involuntary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8Ee06BGQeRtPvVk5mXu9GcEQL4Z.jpg)
Involuntary
![An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2J2Y69C46uP8b13sR4DiU7CNw27.jpg)
An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation
![Weekend](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9VWUx95pzlL1E9fDCBoDP0rL4jL.jpg)
Weekend
![Autobiographical Scene Number 6882](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dZTWpy51zq7n1vpVxV4smfWa449.jpg)
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882
![The Guitar Mongoloid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9ayYJCn1VnPCbg4sFxPgjZM7Idz.jpg)
The Guitar Mongoloid
![Irmelin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/foOc8yoUA9hxAxbk9NlNCn6PBzR.jpg)
Irmelin
![Mustasch: Down in Black](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z1IdsWlRJrGurzujrA75d8eI30r.jpg)
Mustasch: Down in Black
![Family Again](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vI3ZKY3iQdgdWWuHjZWGE3qL3Eq.jpg)
Family Again
![Let the Others Deal With Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sPN4zhwKQjLunc9coXFDJ5AWoLC.jpg)
Let the Others Deal With Love
![Free Radicals II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xbifJluINEBGImPkhWwJnOGkTZb.jpg)
Free Radicals II
![Free Radicals](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rtsrRGu54kQy2BRuJak9A4wfcpP.jpg)
Free Radicals