--- name: "David F. Sandberg" canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-f-sandberg" fi1m_id: "david-f-sandberg" imdb_id: "nm2497546" tmdb_id: 1302082 wikidata_id: "Q16775487" roles: ["Director"] born: "21 January 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T20:39:30.967002+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # David F. Sandberg ## Identity David F. Sandberg - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-f-sandberg - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** david-f-sandberg - **IMDb ID:** nm2497546 - **TMDB ID:** 1302082 - **Wikidata ID:** Q16775487 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Sandberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16775487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2497546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1302082 Director. Born 21 January 1981 in Jönköping, Sweden. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 21 January 1981, Jönköping, Sweden - **Also known as:** Дэвид Ф. Сандберг, David Fredrik Sandberg, David Sandberg, Ponysmasher - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Sandberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16775487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2497546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1302082 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Shazam! Fury of the Gods*](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) (53) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography David F. Sandberg is a Swedish filmmaker. Born in Jönköping in 1981, he began making short films as a teenager and later produced no-budget horror shorts online under the pseudonym ponysmasher. His 2013 short *Lights Out* led to a 2016 feature adaptation of the same name, his directorial debut. He has since directed *Annabelle: Creation* (2017), *Shazam!* (2019), *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023) and *Until Dawn* (2025). Sandberg is married to actress and producer Lotta Losten, who has appeared in several of his short films. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dauid.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), Fi1m 53, as Pedestrian Attacked by Harpy / Mister Mind (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) ## Complete filmography (14) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Call of the Ocean* (2025), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor - *Until Dawn* (2025), as Missing Person (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Producer - *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), as Pedestrian Attacked by Harpy / Mister Mind (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) - *Shazam!* (2019), as Mr. Mind / Travis / Gangster Crocodile-Men (uncredited) · Director - *Annabelle: Creation* (2017), Director - *Lights Out* (2016), Director - *Closet Space* (2016), as Man · Director, Writer, Producer - *Attic Panic* (2015), as Ghost - *Lights Out* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography - *Ladyboy* (2012), Director - *Mommy's Home*, Director, Producer - *Untitled Amityville Horror Film*, Director, Producer - *A Little Slice of Hell*, Director - *Lights Out 2*, Producer ## Gallery - ![David F. Sandberg](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-70e8ecf93038.jpg) David F. Sandberg — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/David_F._Sandberg_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-David_F._Sandberg_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chuey Martinez, Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Shazam!", at the Anaheim Co](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-c613b462fda6.jpg) Chuey Martinez, Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Shazam!", at the Anaheim Co — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chuey_Martinez%2C_Zachary_Levi%2C_Mark_Strong%2C_Asher_Angel%2C_Jack_Dylan_Grazer_%26_David_F._Sandberg_%2846824459794%29.jpg/1280px-Chuey_Martinez%2C_Zachary_Levi%2C_Mark_Strong%2C_Asher_Angel%2C_Jack_Dylan_Grazer_%26_David_F._Sandberg_%2846824459794%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David F. Sandberg and Mark Strong speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Shazam!", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Ga](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-dd9a7cddfe19.jpg) David F. Sandberg and Mark Strong speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Shazam!", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Ga — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/David_F._Sandberg_%26_Mark_Strong_%2833671458058%29.jpg/1280px-David_F._Sandberg_%26_Mark_Strong_%2833671458058%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Shazam!", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please att](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-c2630be441c0.jpg) David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Shazam!", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please att — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/David_F._Sandberg_%2828831934187%29.jpg/1280px-David_F._Sandberg_%2828831934187%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David F. Sandberg](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-3d5601ccc0d8.jpg) David F. Sandberg — Image via TMDB - ![David F. Sandberg](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-9a6f022899fe.jpg) David F. Sandberg — Image via TMDB - ![David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Annabelle: Creation", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-557a2c0cb4a8.jpg) David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Annabelle: Creation", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/David_F._Sandberg_%2833019356024%29.jpg/1280px-David_F._Sandberg_%2833019356024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Annabelle: Creation", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S](https://film.one/media/person/21508/gallery-82354059cc26.jpg) David F. Sandberg speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Annabelle: Creation", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. 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