Daniel Alfredson

Daniel Alfredson

1959-05-23 Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 32 Credits

Biography

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. He is the older brother of Tomas Alfredson (director of Let the Right One In) and the son of Hasse Alfredson.

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Intrigo: Samaria

Intrigo: Samaria

2019

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters t...

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019

Director, Writer

5.6
Directing Writing

What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other fo...

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

2019

as Self

7.3
Acting

Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people...

Intrigo: Death of an Author

Intrigo: Death of an Author

2018

Writer, Director

5.3
Writing Directing

A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.

Blackway

Blackway

2015

Director

5.3
Directing

A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operat...

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015

Director

6.0
Directing

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a r...

Echoes from the Dead

Echoes from the Dead

2013

Director, Screenplay

5.5
Directing Writing

On a foggy day, Julia's six-year-old son Jens is called missing. Despite a thorough search, the boy is never found. Twenty years later, Julia’s father...

Odjuret

Odjuret

2012

Director

3.0
Directing

A man takes law into his own hands after the search for his daughter's murderer and rapist fails and instead the police go after him.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009

Director

7.1
Directing

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual rel...

The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009

Director

7.0
Directing

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. S...

Wolf

Wolf

2008

Director

5.8
Directing

A story from the wilderness, where conditions of survival challenge the rules of modern society, Wolf is a contemporary drama set in northern Scandina...

The Pyramid

The Pyramid

2007

Producer

5.8
Producing

The film is set in the middle of winter in Ystad and the main character is the middle-aged policeman Kurt Wallander, who this time investigating a dru...

Brothers: The Return

Brothers: The Return

2006

Producer

6.2
Producing

Hoffa floats ashore in Estonia after his stolen getaway boat has exploded. He tries to begin a new life in Estonia, but the longing for his family bac...

Suxxess

Suxxess

2002

Co-Producer

5.0
Producing

A Swedish IT-company gets a new boss, who turns out to be a soulless hatchet man in Schildt's dark satire on the evils of the corporate world. He's op...

Syndare i sommarsol

Syndare i sommarsol

2001

Director

4.5
Directing

In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedi...

Call of Death

Call of Death

1999

Director

6.0
Directing

A hunting team meets before the annual moose hunt. A fatal accident occurs that severely tests the loyalties of those involved.

Straydogs

Straydogs

1999

Director

5.0
Directing

Vildhundarna is a drama far away from the Swedish reality. It's about four young people on the outermost, with norms dispersed, the only survivors in ...

Tic Tac

Tic Tac

1997

Director

6.3
Directing

During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coinc...

En fri mand

En fri mand

1996

Director

Directing

When Frank is released after 12 years in prison for armed robbery, he is determined to stay out of trouble. He is forced to seek shelter with his daug...

Den täta elden

Den täta elden

1995

Director

2.5
Directing

"The Dense Fire" - Petra has left the big city for a small commune in the country. Gradually, she is pulled into an intrigue with religious undertones...

The Man on the Balcony

The Man on the Balcony

1993

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a...

Roseanna

Roseanna

1993

Director

5.9
Directing

A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the mur...

KvällsPressen

KvällsPressen

1992

Director

7.0
Directing
Freud Leaving Home

Freud Leaving Home

1991

Assistant Director

4.8
Directing

In this story, the 60th birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the wo...

Who Framed Harry Lund?

Who Framed Harry Lund?

1991

Assistant Director

6.1
Directing

Harry Lund is having a bad day. First he gets fired. And then loses his entire fortune at an illegal gambling club. On his way out, he is assaulted an...

The Serpent's Way

The Serpent's Way

1986

Set Dresser

5.6

A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife...

Peas & Whiskers

Peas & Whiskers

1986

Set Decoration

6.4

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?

False as Water

False as Water

1985

Set Decoration

5.3

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara ...

P & B

P & B

1983

Set Decoration

5.9

Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to ...

The Simple-Minded Murderer

The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982

as Angel

7.0
Acting

The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps toget...

Portrait: A Film of Stockholm

Portrait: A Film of Stockholm

1981

Production Assistant

Images of Stockholm and the people who live there set to music.

SOPOR

SOPOR

1981

Property Master

5.5

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group ca...