DANEL 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 less than seven categories on 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 Repac’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 Swedish Emmys, including “Best Film”, “Best Director”, A Dragon Award for “Best Nordic Film” at the prestigious Gothenburg Film Festival, in addition to two wins and one nomination at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 

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 80´s Netherlands, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess and Sam Worthington.  His following film was the thriller “Blackway”, (2015) starring Anthony Hopkins, Ray Liotta and Julia Stiles. During this time, Daniel got to know producer Rick Dugdale at Enderby Entertainment. Together, they created “Intrigo” — an anthology in three parts, 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 and the first part, “Death of an Author”, premiered in 2018. It became a huge success and 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. 

Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh

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 - (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 end 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 and 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