Fanny Ovesen is a Swedish screenwriter and director based in Oslo, Norway, working across Scandinavia.

Fanny wrote and directed her first feature film, Leva lite (2025), which was filmed in seven countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, and France. The film is based on her own experiences in the European couch-surfing community.

Fanny was also the conceptual director for the SVT series Allt som blir kvar (2022), written by and based on the novel by Sandra Beijer, with additional screenwriting credits by Maria Clauss. The series was produced by Baluba and premiered in 2022, with a cast including Oscar Zia, Madeleine Ferraud and Erik Enge.

In 2020, Fanny directed episodes of the Norwegian TV series Nach/Efter festen, which was conceptually directed by Ernst de Geer. It premiered in March 2021 on Discovery in Scandinavia and received rave reviews in Norway.

Fanny graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2018. She finds herself gravitating towards the drama genre, but she always strives to find humour, irony and beauty in everyday life. In every project, she wishes to find a sense of urgency, and she often explores themes such as norms, structural power and privilege. She has a deeply empathetic and subjective approach to building complex characters. Fanny is devoted to challenging stereotypes and letting all different types of faces, bodies and personalities shine on the screen.

Fanny has written and directed several short films. In 2017, she co-wrote and co-directed the short film Smil, which was screened at several international festivals in Europe. Her graduation short film from the Norwegian Film School, She-Pack, is based on the team members' youthful and feminine experiences. It premiered internationally at the Berlinale in 2019, and has since won numerous awards, including the Amanda Award (the Norwegian Academy Award) for Best Short.

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