Måns Mårlind

Måns Magnus Mårlind (born 29 July 1969 in Vallentuna) is a Swedish director and screenwriter.

Mårlind (L) & Björn Stein, May 2008, at the Braddock Carnegie Library during filming of Shelter

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

References
  1. "International Shelter One-Sheets". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. Brad Miska (30 March 2010). "Several Clips from Julianne Moore Starrer 'Shelter'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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