Lisa Aschan

Lisa Aschan (born 1978) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. Aschan went to film school in Stockholm and Denmark. During her studies, she became known for a commercial series called Fuck the Rapist! about a rape-protection. She worked as a director's assistant before releasing her first feature film, Apflickorna, in 2011, which garnered numerous film festival awards. In 2011, she was also awarded a 5 million Swedish kronor award by the Stockholm Film Festival' for her new project, Det vita folket (The White People), a science fiction-inspired story about government deportation camps. However, Aschan declined the money for the film, which later premiered in 2015. At Sweden's 2016 Guldbaggen Awards, Aschan was filmed in the audience giving the finger to Swedish cinematographer Gösta Reiland who had won the award for Best Cinematography besting Linda Wassberg in the same category for Det vita folket.