Kasper Collin is a Swedish documentary filmmaker, director, producer and writer. Between 1998 and 2005 he directed and produced the critically acclaimed documentary "My Name Is Albert Ayler", which was released in the UK and US in 2007 and according to Metacritic is the third best reviewed documentary from that year - Sight & Sound said the film was "A triumph ... turning Ayler's short turbulent life into a compelling narrative," while The New Yorker praised it as "...remarkable... offers magical moments of a madeleine-like power...a cause for rejoicing" and JazzTimes dubbed the title "one of the most starkly beautiful and moving documentaries ever made about a jazz musician." His second feature documentary "I Called Him Morgan" was 2016 invited to the five major fall premiere festivals: Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. In July 2017 Metacritic announced I Called Him Morgan as the best reviewed movie of the first half of 2017 and Esquire dubbed the film the best documentary of the year (so far) in September 2017. Kasper lives in Gothenburg, Sweden and runs the production company Kasper Collin Produktion AB. He was chairman of the Independent Filmmakers Organization in Sweden between 2009 and 2014. IndieWire listed him as one of nine breakthrough names to look out for at TIFF 2016. Show less «