Måns Mårlind
Måns Magnus Mårlind (born 29 July 1969 in Vallentuna) is a Swedish director and screenwriter.
Career
Mårlind attended film program in Stockholm University, Sweden and American Film Institute along with Björn Stein, with whom he would start a long-standing directorial partnership. The duo's debut was the 2005 film Storm, followed by the thriller Shelter,[1] starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers[2] and based on a screenplay by UK screenwriter Michael Cooney. Mårlind and Stein then co-directed for Screen Gems 2012's Underworld: Awakening, which grossed over $160 million worldwide. Their latest movie is called Shed No Tears (Känn ingen Sorg) and is based on the songs of Swedish singer/songwriter Håkan Hellström. The film was nominated for 7 Guldbagge Awards (the Swedish equivalent to the Academy Awards) including Best Direction and Best Film. The duo are currently directing all 8 episodes of Midnight Sun, a limited series for Canal+ and Swedish TV, all of which were written by Mårlind.
Filmography
- Storm (2005)
- Snapphanar (miniseries, 2006)
- Shelter (2010)
- Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- Shed No Tears (2013)
References
- "International Shelter One-Sheets". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- Brad Miska (30 March 2010). "Several Clips from Julianne Moore Starrer 'Shelter'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 30 March 2010.