- Swedish author [Astrid Lindgren] told him when he was about to direct "Barnen i Bullerbyn", based on her novel, that: "I will try not to like you, because all the directors I like end up dead". She referred to Tage Danielsson and Olle Hellbom.
- (April 11, 1998) When Hallström's Best Director Oscar nomination for My Life as a Dog (1985) coincided with directors Adrian Lyne (UK) for Fatal Attraction (1987), John Boorman (UK) for Hope and Glory (1987), Norman Jewison (Canada) for Moonstruck (1987) and winner Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) for The Last Emperor (1987), this was the only instance in Oscar history where all five Best Director nominees were non-Americans.
- He and Lena Olin are the first Swedish Oscar-nominated married couple.
- He and actress Lena Olin have a daughter, Tora Hallström, born in 1995. Singer Tommy Körberg is her godfather.
- He and Lena Olin moved to the US permanently in 1995. They reside in Bedford, New York.
- Has (since 1999) frequently worked with cinematographer Oliver Stapleton
- He and his wife Lena Olin were both born in Stockholm.
- Son Johan Hallström (born 1976) with ex-wife Malou Hallström.
- Stepfather of Lena Olin's son F. Auguste Rahmberg.
- Brother-in-law of Mats Olin.
- Ex-son-in-law of Brita Appelgren.
- Son-in-law of Stig Olin and Britta Holmberg.
- Directed 4 performers to Academy Award nominations: Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine, Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench; Caine won for The Cider House Rules.
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