Olof Thiel

Olof Thiel (October 31, 1892 – December 10, 1978) was a Swedish film producer, film production manager, and composer. As a composer, he most often used the pseudonym "Jacques Armand." He also wrote some of the lyrics to his melodies.

Family

Otto Thiel was the son of Ernest Thiel (1859–1947) and Anna Fredrika Josephson. His father Ernest created the Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet) art museum, which is one of the foremost museums in Stockholm. Otto Thiel's daughter Madeleine Uggla was a singing teacher and the mother of the actor Magnus Uggla.

Career

Thiel was one of the directors of the company Filmaktiebolaget Biörnstad & Thiel, and he started the film company AB Irefilm. He composed the music for almost all of Irefilm's film productions.

Film music (selected)

• A Stolen Waltz (1932)
• Fantegutten (1932)
• Flickan från varuhuset (1933)
• Ä' vi gifta? (1936)
• The Ghost of Bragehus (1936)
• Poor Millionaires (1936)
• En sjöman går iland (1937)
• Witches' Night (1937)
• Happy Vestköping (1937)
• En flicka kommer till sta'n (1937)
• Career (1938)
• Comrades in Uniform (1938)

Films directed

• 1934: Synnöve Solbakken
• 1935: Kanske en gentleman
• 1936: Stackars miljonärer
• 1939: Midnattssolens son

References

External links

• Olof Thiel at IMDb
• Olof Thiel at the Swedish Film Database
• Olof Thiel at the Czecho-Slovak Film Database

1. List of composers by name
2. Kanske en gentleman (1935 film)
3. Witches' Night (1937 film)
4. A Stolen Waltz
5. Career (1938 film)
6. Poor Millionaires (1936 film)
7. Comrades in Uniform
8. Hurra for Andersens!
9. Synnöve Solbakken (1934 film)
10. The Ghost of Bragehus
11. Fantegutten
12. Happy Vestköping
13. List of Swedish Olympic medalists
14. Stockholm
15. Sovereign citizen movement
16. Murder of John Lennon
17. Great Replacement conspiracy theory in the United States
18. Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics
19. Richard Beck (scholar)
20. Emmanuel Jal