Daniel Alfredson

Daniel Alfredson earns my respect because directing two-thirds of the Millennium trilogy is no small inheritance to carry. Translating Stieg Larsson's bleak, dense Nordic world into something cinematic that holds together takes real craft. What raises him further for me is the Guldbagge for Best Screenplay alongside that Best Director nod. A filmmaker who can write tends to see the whole story, not just the frame, and that's the kind of director I trust. Producer, screenwriter, occasional actor too, he's the quiet Swedish journeyman who keeps the whole machine running, and I'm a fan.

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Name (English)

Daniel Alfredson

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・アルフレッドソン

Reading

だにえる・あるふれっどそん

Born

May 23, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Stockholm, Sweden

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film producer / actor / director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 1993 Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay
• 1997 Guldbagge Award for Best Director

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Alfredson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159900

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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