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name: "Björn Stein"
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born: "17 November 1970"
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# Björn Stein

Writer. Born 17 November 1970 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 November 1970, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- **Also known as:** Mårlind & Stein, Björn Leonard Stein , Stein 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6188207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825407/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80924

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Bridge*](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md) (84)

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## Biography

Björn Stein is a Swedish director, writer and editor. Born on 17 November 1970 in Annedal, Gothenburg, he trained in communication and media, film studies and at Stockholms Filmskola. He has frequently collaborated with Måns Mårlind as the directing and writing team Mårlind & Stein since 2002.

Stein is known for directing the feature films *Storm* (2005), *Underworld: Awakening* (2012) and *Shed No Tears* (2013), and the series *Midnight Sun* (2016) and *The Defeated* (2020). With Mårlind and Hans Rosenfeldt he co-created the crime series *The Bridge* (2011), which received a BAFTA nomination. He also edits many of his own projects.

*Sources: svenskfilmdatabas.se, imdb.com, sv.wikipedia.org, agentfirman.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bridge* (2011), Fi1m 84, Writer, Idea — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Summer of 1985* (2026), series, Director
- *Whiskey on the Rocks* (2024), series, Director
- *Shadowplay* (2020), series, Director
- *Swoon* (2019), Director, Editor
- *Midnight Sun* (2016), series, Director, Creator
- *Shed No Tears* (2013), Director
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, Original Series Creator
- *Ego* (2013), Editor
- *Underworld: Awakening* (2012), Director
- *The Bridge* (2011), series, Writer, Creator, Idea — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md)
- *Cornelis* (2010), Editor
- *6 Souls* (2010), Director
- *Snapphanar* (2006), series, Director, Author
- *Storm* (2005), Director
- *Disco Kung Fu* (2002), Director

## Gallery

- ![Björn Stein](https://film.one/media/person/882241/gallery-cd9f6a31193e.jpg) Björn Stein — Gus Kaage/Film i Väst, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bj%C3%B6rn_Stein_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Björn Stein](https://film.one/media/person/882241/gallery-74b9e046a38e.jpg) Björn Stein — Image via TMDB

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