Daniel Espinosa

Espinosa interests me as a director who straddles two cinematic worlds: the cold, exacting texture of Swedish filmmaking and the high-pressure machinery of Hollywood. Crossing from Stockholm to big studio projects is a narrow door, and squeezing through it usually signals real craft. He writes, acts and produces too, which tells me he understands a film from every seat. Nordic visual artists often master shadow and mood, and I'd wager he's at his best filming people trapped in dim, uneasy spaces. He strikes me as a steady, unflashy professional building a serious body of work, and I'm genuinely curious what he does next.

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Name (English)

Daniel Espinosa

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・エスピノーサ

Reading

だにえる・えすぴのーさ

Born

March 23, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Trångsund, Stockholm County, Sweden

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / director / actor / manufacturer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Espinosa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977624

Tags

• Stockholm County
• film director
• screenwriter
• director

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.