Gunnar A.K Järvstad made his feature debut with Trädgårdsgatan (2017) and the film was nominated for a Guldbagge for best screenplay.

He then continued to write for TV on Dragomir Mrsic's nordic noir Alex, and on the first season of Top Dog based on Jens Lapidus' novel. Gunnar's second feature film was a sequel to the Danish fantasy hit Skammerens Datter, and it won the SVEND award for Best Children's Film 2019 in Denmark. The screenplay was also nominated for the Danish equivalent of a Guldbagge (The Robert Award) for Best Adaptation. He then co-wrote Orca (2020) with Josephine Bornebusch and was again nominated for a Guldbagge.

At the moment, he is developing feature films for Strive Stories, Meta Film and Anagram, and two TV series for Warner Bros. Stockholm.

Agent: Martina Österling

SELECTED WORKS

Crime/Drama - series (creator/head writer) - in production
Adventure/Heist/Comedy/Family - feature (screenwriter) - in development
Drama/Romance - feature (screenwriter) - in development
Comedy/Drama - series (creator/ head writer) - in development
Orca - feature (screenwriter together with director Josephine Bornebusch) - 2020
Top Dog - series (episode writer) - 2020
Alex season 2 - series (episode writer) - 2019
Skammerens Datter II - feature (screenwriter) - 2019
Vi var tre - short (screenwriter together with director Caroline Ingvarsson) - 2018
Trädgårdsgatan/Garden Lane - feature (screenwriter) – 2017
Best Man - short (director/screenwriter) – 2012
Tune for Two - short (director/screenwriter) – 2011

Awards & nominations

Orca
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best Screenplay - 2021

Skammerens Datter II
Robert Prisen (The Robert Award) - Nominated for Script Adaption of the Year – 2020

SVEND Prisen (Danish Film Award) - Best Children’s Film - 2019

Trädgårdsgatan
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best screenplay - 2019

Giffoni Film Festival - Gryphon Award, Best Film – 2019