Måns Magnus Mårlind (born 29 July 1969) is a Swedish

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and

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. After making his feature film debut in 2005, he co-directed the big-budget

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s '' 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 2013-2018.

Career

Mårlind attended film programs at

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, Sweden and

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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

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series '' Kenny Starfighter'' (1997). He worked as an

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on (1998), (1999), and (1999).

Work with Björn Stein

In 2005, Mårlind and Björn Stein made their directorial

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debut with the fantasy thriller ''

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''. They next released the 2010 supernatural thriller '' Shelter'' (also known as ''6 Souls'' in the United States), starring

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and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and based on a screenplay by UK screenwriter Michael Cooney. Mårlind and Stein co-directed '' Underworld: Awakening'' (2012), which starred

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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

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(the Swedish equivalent of the

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), including Best Director and Best Film. For television, the duo directed all episodes of the Swedish-French

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''Midnight Sun'' (2016). They also co-directed the

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-distributed

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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

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, born in August 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * 1969 births Living people Swedish film directors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Swedish horror film directors 20th-century Swedish people People from Vallentuna Municipality {{Sweden-writer-stub