John Nordling is a Swedish screenwriter, director and producer. He started his career by creating and producing some of Sweden's most appreciated and iconic TV shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Knesset, Pentagon, and the long-running talk show Late Night with Luuk. John has produced a wide range of programmes, from grand broadcasts like Idol (for which he won a Kristallen Award) to sharp satire like Swedish News. He has built a career focused on humour, darkness, and everything in between.
One of John's most notable projects is the Tribeca-winning, European Film Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated film adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's modern, romantic vampire tale Let the Right One In (2009), which he produced. The following year, he went on to produce the award-winning American version, Let Me In (2010), starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins.
In 2005, John co-created the series Ulveson & Herngren, a mockumentary following two of Sweden's biggest comedians during the making of their sketch comedy show. The format was acquired in 2015 by FX, leading to the Emmy-nominated series The Comedians, starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad.
John has also dabbled in the acting, notably with a role in the 2017 Palme d'Or winner The Square.
Recently, John has returned to the director's chair. In the critically acclaimed dark comedy series Vi i villa (2022), middle-aged Anders starts harassing his neighbours in an attempt to reconcile himself with the suffocating norms of the idyllic suburb he lives in. The series showcases John’s ability to combine his two areas of expertise: dark, twisted stories and humour.
Ufo-mysteriet med Felix Herngren – mini-series (producer) – 2024 Kungen med två ansikten –TV series (director/producer) – 2023 Vi i villa – TV series (director) – 2022 Min historiske pojkvän – TV series (producer) – 2021 Svenska nyheter – TV series (producer) – 2019 Idol – TV series (producer) – 2017–2018 Den blomstertid nu kommer – feature (executive producer) – 2018 The comedians – TV series (executive producer) - 2015 Let me in – feature (executive producer) – 2010 Låt den rätte komma in –feature(producer) – 2008 Ulveson & Herngren – TV series (creator) – 2005 Pentagon – TV series (director) – 1997
awards and nominations
Ufo-mysteriet med Felix Herngren Kristallen – Nominated for Best Factual Show - 2024
Vi i villa Kristallen – Nominated for Best Comedy - 2022
Det Svenska Humorpriset – Nominated for Best Comedy - 2022
Låt den rätte komma in BAFFTA Film Award – Nominated for Best Foreign film - 2010
Guldbaggen – Winner, Best direction, Cinematography, Set design, Sound, Script - 2009
Guldbaggen – Nominated for Best Film - 2009
European Film Award – Nominated for Best film - 2009
Tribeca Festival – Winner, Founders Award - 2008
(+Another 75 wins and 58 nominations)
Let me in Gothham Indipendentistica Film Award – Best Feature - 2010
