David F. Sandberg
Birthday: 1981-01-21
Place of Birth: Jönköping, Sweden
Biography: David Fredrik Sandberg (born 21 January 1981) is a Swedish filmmaker. He is best known for his homemade short horror films (released under the online pseudonym "ponysmasher") and for his feature directorial debut Lights Out (2016), based on his acclaimed 2013 horror short of the same name. He has gone on to direct major studio franchise films such as Annabelle: Creation (2017), Shazam! (2019) and Until Dawn (2025). He is married to actress and producer Lotta Losten, who has starred in many of his short films. He co-founded the production company Mångata.
Movies
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced...
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Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of Exorcists wa...
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Closet Space
A couple moves into their new apartment and experiences the horrors of... their closet space....
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Shazam!
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word....
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Until Dawn
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the rem...
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Attic Panic
In the underlit attic, an unsuspecting woman tidies up an already cluttered space; however, in the m...
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Not So Fast
A sudden power outage traps an unsuspecting young woman within the restrained space of an empty stra...
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