Malcolm Dixelius
Johan Malcolm Dixelius (born 23 April 1948 in Frösö, Sweden) is a Swedish journalist, documentary filmmaker and Russia expert.
In 1972, Dixelius started his career in journalism as a reporter on the local public service TV station in Gothenburg (Västnytt) and later in Sundsvall (Mittnytt). He is best known as a Moscow correspondent for Swedish public radio and television in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He also worked for TV4 in the 1990s and for Viasat during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
After twenty years in public radio and TV, Dixelius switched to documentary filmmaking in 1993, founding his own production company, Dixit International. He has received awards and acclaim for several films, including Russian Mafia (1994), CCCP Hockey (2004) and A Bitter Taste of Freedom (2011). 1999-2001 he produced a trailblazing international affairs series for TV4 called pangea.nu. From 2003 Dixelius is involved with Deep Sea Productions, where he has produced the series Wreck Hunters (Swe. Vrakletarna, 2007) as well as directing and producing a number of documentary films for the international market.
Together with Russian journalist and writer Andrei Konstantinov, Dixelius has written two books on organized crime in Russia.
Since 2015, he is the chairman of the Malik Bendjelloul Memorial Foundation, which runs a fund in support of documentary filmmakers.
Education
Gothenburg Institute of Journalism, 1970-72 journalism
Uppsala University, 1969-70 Russian, English
Army Interpreter School, 1968-69 Russian
University of Georgia (Henry W Grady School of Journalism), 1966-67 journalism
Atlantic College, 1963-65 A-levels
Employment
SVT 1, 1990-93 correspondent, Moscow
SVT 1, 1984-1990 reporter, international editor
SVT, 1983-84 correspondent, Moscow
Sveriges Radio, 1979-83 correspondent, Moscow
Författarcentrum Norr, 1978-79 consultant
Mittnytt (SVT, Sundsvall), 1973-78 reporter
Västnytt (SVT, Gothenburg), 1972-73 reporter
Documentary films (selection)
Taikon (2015), executive producer
Mars the Magnificent (2015), producer
Crossroads (2014), producer
The Land that is No More (2012), executive producer
Return of the Ghost Ship (2011), director
A Bitter Taste of Freedom (2011), producer
Women with Cows (2011), script, executive producer
The Cuban colonel, the Russian General and the (near) Destruction of the World (2011), director, producer
Route of Death (2011), producer
The Mystery of the Lost Spy Plane (2011), director
Being Anja Pärson (2010), executive producer
Königsegg (2009), director
Profession: High Jumper (2009), director
The Horseman (2007), executive producer
The Virus Hunter (2006), director
The Laser Man Documentary (2005), director, producer
Homeward Bound (2005), producer
Mr IKEA, the Man Who Wanted to Furnish the World (2004), director, producer
CCCP Hockey (2004), director
Girls in Jeopardy (2002), producer
The Prince (2001), producer
Conquering the Arctic (2000), director
North East Passage (1994), director, producer
Russian Mafia (1994), director, producer
Books
Russia’s Underworld, Malcolm Dixelius and Andrej Konstantinov, Stockholm 1994
Mafialand Russia, Malcolm Dixelius and Andrej Konstantinov, Stockholm 1997