Personal details
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Born
3 luglio 1919
Died
22 agosto 1961
Place of birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Also known as
Erik Faustman · Erik Hampe Faustman
Biography
Born as Erik Stellan Chatham. His parents was the artists Gösta Chatham and Mollie Faustman. Hampe Faustman was a Swedish director, writer and actor. He appeared in 23 feature films and directed 20 films between during the 1940s and 50s. Faustman is best known for his socially engaged films. Producer Lorens Marmstedt contracted Faustman to Terrafilm which gave him artistic freedom. He died of pneumonia at 42.
