| Mikael Håfström | |
| Birth Name: | Jan Mikael Håfström |
| Birth Place: | Lund, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
Jan Mikael Håfström is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for the 2003 film Evil,[2] and the movie adaptation of Stephen King's short story 1408.
Born in Lund, Sweden, Mikael Håfström studied film at the University of Stockholm and the School of Visual Arts.[3]
Håfström's 2003 film Evil was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.[4] His slasher film, Drowning Ghost, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Market.[5]
In 2005, Håfström directed Derailed, which starred Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston.[6]
Håfström directed 1408, a horror film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name and starring John Cusack, in 2007.[7] He collaborated with Cusack again in Shanghai, which premiered at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival.[8]
He directed The Rite, an exorcism thriller film starring Anthony Hopkins, in 2011.[9] His 2013 film, Escape Plan, starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.[10]
In 2013, it was announced that Håfström will direct a film adaptation of Tunnels.[11] In November 2021, it was announced he would direct the sci-fi film Slingshot.[12]
Films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Vendetta | |||
| 2001 | Days Like This | Leva Livet | ||
| 2003 | Kopps | |||
| Evil | Ondskan | |||
| 2004 | Drowning Ghost | Strandvaskaren | ||
| 2005 | Derailed | |||
| 2007 | 1408 | |||
| 2010 | Shanghai | |||
| 2011 | The Rite | |||
| 2013 | Escape Plan | |||
| 2019 | The Perfect Patient | Quick | ||
| 2021 | Outside the Wire | |||
| 2023 | Stockholm Bloodbath | |||
| 2024 | Slingshot | |||
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Terrorns Finger | ||||
| 1992 | Hassel: De Giriga | ||||
| Botgörarna | |||||
| 1995 | Satans mördare | TV4 Riks documentary | |||
| 1996 | Skuggornas Hus | ||||
| 1997 | Chock 1: The Angel of Death | Season 1, episode 1: "Dödsängeln" (6 June 1997) | |||
| Chock 2: Kött | |||||
| 1999 | Sjätte Dagen | ||||
| 2018 | Moscow Noir | 4 of 8 episodes |