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 2013-2018.

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. It was born in August 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations