Daniel Alfredson
Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson (born 23 May 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish film director who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the Millennium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Director for the film The Man on the Balcony. In 2015 his film Blackway starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta was released.
Also recorded as Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson
Daniel Alfredson
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- Name
- Daniel Alfredson
- Birth Name
- Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson
- Born
- 23 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Honours
- Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay · Guldbagge Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Swedish
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Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson (born 23 May 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish film director who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the Millennium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Director for the film The Man on the Balcony. In 2015 his film Blackway starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta was released.
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Daniel Alfredson (born 1959) is an actor, director and film director, among other activities, of Swedish nationality. The actor was born in Stockholm.
Languages used include Swedish. Honours include Guldbagge Award for Best Director and Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.
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He is the older brother of Tomas Alfredson (director of Let the Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and the son of Hasse Alfredson.
Daniel Alfredson at The Nordic Media Festival, Bergen, May 2011.
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• Name — Daniel Alfredson • Birth Name — Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson • Born — 23 May 1959 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Occupation — Film director • Father — Hans Alfredson • Relatives — Tomas (brother)
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• Roseanna (1993) • The Man on the Balcony (1993) • Den täta elden (1995) • En fri mand (1996) • Tic Tac (1997) • Rymd (1998) • Straydogs (1999) • Dödsklockan (1999) • 10:10 (2000) • Syndare i sommarsol (2001) • Wolf (2008) • The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) • Odjuret (2012) • Echoes from the Dead (2013) • Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015) • Blackway (2015) • Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018) • Intrigo: Samaria (2019) • Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019)
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The authorities additionally record the heading Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson. His recorded language was Swedish. He was the child of Hans Alfredson.
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Millenium 3 - Vergebung: Daniel Alfredson (2010) — DataCite (Stiftung Filmbulletin)
The Journal of Daniel Alfredson (2015) — Open Library
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