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Daniel Alfredson

Daniel Alfredson

Directing
2009 — present · 4 films
Born
23 May 1959 · age 67
From
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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.

Acting
1982 · 1 film
Born
23 May 1959 · age 67
From
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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.

Career Signature

How Daniel Alfredson’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

anxious dread
investigation spiral
tightly wound
kinetic urgency
slow burn

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

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Career Signature

How Daniel Alfredson’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

working-class realism
bittersweet
emotionally restrained
heavy emotional
naturalistic performance

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015

Blackway

2015

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009

Filmography

The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982