Måns Magnus Mårlind (born 29 July 1969) is a Swedish director and screenwriter. After making his feature film debut in 2005, he co-directed the big-budget horror films Shelter (2010) and Underworld: Awakening (2012). He co-created the Danish–Swedish crime thriller The Bridge (2011–2018). This was adapted as The Tunnel, a British–French production that ran from 2013 to 2018.
Career Mårlind attended film programs at Stockholm University, Sweden and American Film Institute along with , with whom he would start a long-standing directorial partnership. His first work was as a writer for the 1995 Swedish drama series Radioskugga, followed by the children's science fiction series Kenny Starfighter (1997).
He worked as an assistant director on (1998), (1999), and (1999).
Work with Björn Stein In 2005, Mårlind and Björn Stein made their directorial feature film debut with the fantasy thriller Storm. They next released the 2010 supernatural thriller Shelter (also known as 6 Souls in the United States), starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and based on a screenplay by UK screenwriter Michael Cooney. Mårlind and Stein co-directed Underworld: Awakening (2012), which starred Kate Beckinsale as Selene and grossed over $160 million worldwide.
They co-directed Shed No Tears (2013), based on songs of singer-songwriter Håkan Hellström. This film was nominated for nine Guldbagge Awards (the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards), including Best Director and Best Film.
For television, the duo directed all episodes of the Swedish-French police procedural Midnight Sun (2016). They also co-directed the Netflix-distributed historical thriller The Defeated (2020), also known as Shadowplay. Both series were created and written by Mårlind.
Personal life Mårlind is the father of one child with English actress Tuppence Middleton, born in August 2022.
Filmography Film
Year Title Director Writer Notes2002Disco Kung FuShort film2005Storm2010Shelter2012Underworld: Awakening2013Shed No Tears2019
Television YearTitleDirectorWriterCreator1997RadioskuggaKenny Starfighter20002000–20012002–20042003De drabbade2006Snapphanar2011–2018The Bridge2016Midnight Sun2020The Defeated
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2005 Stockholm International Film Festival Audience Award Storm2006Guldbagge AwardsBest FilmCinema Audience AwardPuchon International Fantastic Film FestivalBest Director Best of Puchon Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film FestivalNarcisse Award for Best Feature Film Amsterdam Fantastic Film FestivalMéliès Award2014Guldbagge AwardsBest DirectorShed No Tears Best Film Gothenburg Film FestivalCity of Gothenburg Award 2016Series ManiaAudience AwardMidnight SunBest DirectorBest Script2017Best Direction2019Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film FestivalSilver Méliès Award for Best European Film
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