Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson (born 23 May 1959 in

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) is a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the ''

Millennium Trilogy ''Millennium'' is a series of best-selling and award-winning Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson. The two primary characters in the saga are Lisbeth Salander, an asocial computer hacker with a photographic memory, and Mik ...

'': ''

The Girl Who Played with Fire ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' ( sv, Flickan som lekte med elden) is the second novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. ...

'' and ''

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' (original title in sv, Luftslottet som sprängdes, lit=The castle in the air that blew up) is the third novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.; It was pub ...

''. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for

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for the film ''

The Man on the Balcony ''The Man on the Balcony'' is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, originally published as ''Mannen på balkongen'' in 1967. It is the third novel in the detective series revolving around Swedish police detective Mar ...

''. In 2015 his film ''

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'' starring

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and

Ray Liotta Raymond Allen Liotta (; December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Shoeless Joe Jackson in ''Field of Dreams'' (1989) and Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's ''Goodfellas'' (1990). He was a Primeti ...

was released. He is the older brother of

Tomas Alfredson Hans Christian Tomas Alfredson (born 1 April 1965) is a Swedish film director who is best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film '' Let the Right One In'' and 2011 espionage film ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''. Alfredson has re ...

(director of '' Let the Right One In'' and ''

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'') and the son of

Hasse Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...

Filmography

* '' Roseanna'' (1993) * ''

'' (1993) * ''Den täta elden'' (1995) * ''En fri mand'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1997) * ''Rymd'' (1998) * ''Straydogs'' (1999) * ''Dödsklockan'' (1999) * ''10:10'' (2000) * ''Syndare i sommarsol'' (2001) * ''Wolf'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * ''Odjuret'' (2012) * ''

Echoes from the Dead ''Echoes from the Dead'' ( sv, Skumtimmen) is a 2013 Swedish drama film based on the eponymous novel by Johan Theorin. Cast * Lena Endre - Julia Davidsson * Tord Peterson - Gerlof Davidsson * Johan Sundberg – Jens * Thomas W. Gabrielsson T ...

'' (2013) * ''

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken ''Kidnapping Freddy Heineken'' (U.S. title ''Kidnapping Mr. Heineken'') is a 2015 British-Dutch crime thriller film, crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson based on the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. The screenplay, based on the 1987 ...

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Intrigo: Death of an Author'' (2018) * '' Intrigo: Samaria'' (2019) * '' Intrigo: Dear Agnes'' (2019)

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* * 1959 births Living people Artists from Stockholm Swedish film directors Best Director Guldbagge Award winners Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award winners {{Sweden-film-director-stub