Daniel Alfredson

 

Daniel Alfredson is an award-winning Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer with significant international acclaim. We primarily know him as the director of two films in the world-famous Millennium trilogy, including The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and its sequel The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009). These films were nominated in no fewer than seven categories at festivals around the world, with two wins from New York Film Critics Online. In 2010, Daniel also directed a mini-series based on the trilogy and was awarded an Emmy for Best Mini-Series, a Crystal (Swedish Emmy) for Best Television Drama and a Golden Nymph for lead-actress Rapace’s outstanding performance.

His feature debut was the criminal drama Roseanna (1993) followed by The Man on the Balcony (1993). Both based on the bestselling novels with the same name, written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The Man on the Balcony earned nominations in three categories, including Best Film, and it won a Guldbagge (Swedish Oscar) for Best Script. In 1997, the drama thriller Tic Tac was released — a feature that put Daniel’s name on the map globally. The film won three Guldbagge Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

After working for a few years as a producer at one of Sweden’s biggest broadcasters, SVT, Daniel decided to take his work abroad. He directed the criminal action-drama Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) a story based on true events that took place in the Netherlands in the 1980’s. His next film was the thriller Blackway (2015). During this period, Daniel met producer Rick Dugdale at Enderby Entertainment. Together, they created Intrigo — a three-part anthology based on short stories written by the best-selling Swedish author Håkan Nesser. Daniel both directed and co-wrote the script together with his wife, Birgitta Bongenhielm. The first part, Death of an Author, premiered in 2018 and became a huge success. Part two and three, Dear Agnes and Samaria, both premiered in 2019.

Currently, Daniel is developing a new international hit as well as a new feature and a drama series for a large Swedish production company.

 
Daniel Alfredson
 

Selected works

Intrigo: Samaria - Feature (co-writer/director) - 2019

Intrigo: Dear Agnes - Feature (co-writer/director) - 2019

Intrigo: Death of an Author - Feature (co-writer/director) - 2018

Blackway - Feature (director) - 2015

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken - Feature (director) - 2015

Echoes from the Dead/Skumtimmen - Film (co-writer/director) - 2013

The Beast/Odjuret - Feature (director) - 2012

Millennium - TV mini-series (director) - 2010

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest/Luftslottet som Sprängdes - Feature (director) - 2009

The Girl Who Played with Fire/Flickan som Lekte med Elden - Feature (director) - 2009

Wolf/Varg - Feature (director) - 2008

Sinner in the summer sun/Syndare i sommarsol - Feature (director) - 2001

Call of death/Dödsklockan - Feature (director) - 2000

Tic Tac - Feature (director) - 1997

The Man on the balcony/Mannen på balkongen - Feature (director) - 1993

Roseanna - Feature (director) - 1993

Awards & nominations

The Girl Who Played with Fire/Flickan som Lekte med Elden

European Film Award EFA People’s Choice Award - Nominated - 2010

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest/Luftslottet som Sprängdes

Euro Cinema Hawai’i Award Best Film - Nominated – 2010

Wolf/Varg

Hamburg Film Festival Audience Award - Nominated – 2008

Montréal World Film Festival Best Artistic Contribution - Winner – 2008

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Winner – 2008

Grand Prix des Amériques - Nominated – 2008

Call of Death/Dödsklockan

Shanghai International TV Festival Best Director - Winner - 1999

Tic Tac

Guldbaggegalan (Swedish Academy Award) Best Direction - Winner – 1998

Gothenburg Film Festival (Dragon Awards) Best Nordic Film - Winner – 1998

Karlovy Vary international Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize - Winner – 1998

Don Quijote Award - Winner – 1998

Crystal Globe - Nominated - 1998

The Man on the Balcony/Mannen på balkongen

Guldbaggegalan (Swedish Academy Award) Best Screenplay - Winner – 1994

Best Direction - Nominated - 1994