EBBA STYMNE

 

EBBA STYMNE is a Stockholm based screenwriter, dramaturge and script consultant.

Currently, Ebba is in development for a drama series for Strive Stories, a company run by producer Nicklas Wickström Nicastro and Jens Lapidus (Snabba cash). She is also in development of another tv series at another major company.

Previous work includes screenwriter for “Young Royals“ (Neflix), an international hit series that premiered in 2021 and winner of the Swedish Emmy Award for Best Youth Drama and Program of the Year in 2022.

Ebbas previous work includes as head writer for the dramedy “Dumped” (2022, Discovery-plus), a series exploring anxiety and mental health issues based on an original idea by Therese Lindgren, one of Sweden's most prominent influencers and YouTubers. Prior to this, Ebba worked as an episode writer for the horror series “Dystopia” (2020, Viaplay).

Ebba graduated from the screenwriting program at Stockholm university of the arts in 2018. Premiering at the Gothenburg film festival, her graduation film, “Flockdjur” (Domesticated), was praised by the film magazine FLM and featured on its cover that year.

Ebba is fascinated by the absurdity of everyday life. As a writer, she aims to capture the space where the mundane and eccentric aspects of being human in this peculiar world intersect. Drawing inspiration from writers/filmmakers like Charlie Kaufman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, John Waters, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Agent: Gro Janarv

 
SELECTED WORKS

TBD - Tv series (Screenwriter) - in development
TBD
- Tv series (Screenwriter) - in development
Dumpad/Dumped – TV Series (Head Writer) - 2022
Young Royals - Tv series (Episode Writer and Script Editor) - 2022
Dumpad/Dumped
– TV Series (Head Writer) - 2022
Dystopia
- TV Series (Episode Writer) - 2021
Flockdjur/Domesticated
– Short (Director, Producer, Writer) - 2018
Eloise
- Short (Writer) - 2018
Freak
- Short (Writer) - 2017

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Young Royals
Kristallen (Swedish Emmy Award) - Winner Best Youth Drama - 2022