Måns Mårlind

Måns Magnus Mårlind (born on 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. His most notable work being the 2005 film Storm.[1] He co-directed the thriller Shelter with Björn Stein, his film school friend; the film stars Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers[2] and based on a screenplay by UK screenwriter Michael Cooney. Mårlind and Stein directed 2012's Underworld: Awakening for Screen Gems, which grossed over $160 million worldwide. Mårlind and Stein's latest movie is called Känn ingen Sorg (Shed No Tears) 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.

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