Lotta Losten Explained

Lotta Losten
Birth Date:7 November 1981
Birth Place:Jönköping, Sweden
Occupation:Actress, designer, photographer

Lotta Losten (born 7 November 1981) is a Swedish actress, designer, and photographer. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband David F. Sandberg, including the 2013 short film Lights Out, the 2016 feature film adaptation of the same name, and Shazam!.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Lotta made her film debut in the short film Cam Closer (2013), about a phone that can see the future. She and her husband, filmmaker David F. Sandberg, created the 2013 short film Lights Out, where she plays a woman who is haunted by a creature that moves in the dark, but does not appear if the lights are on. According to Sandberg, the movie cost practically nothing to make and was originally something they just wanted to have fun with. They submitted the film to the Bloody Cuts Horror Challenge where the film was a finalist, and Sandberg won Best Director.[4] Some months later, the short film became popular online, going from about 8000 views to over a million, and attracting Hollywood directors and producers.[5] [6]

Since 2014, Losten has starred in several short films including See You Soon (2014), Pictured (2014), Not So Fast (2014), Coffer (2014), Attic Panic (2015) and Closet Space (2016). In the feature film of Lights Out, released in 2016, she plays Esther, the co-worker in the opening scene who encounters Diana Walter. She also has a small role in Shazam! (2019).[6] [7]

Personal life

Losten was born in Jönköping, Sweden. She has been married to director David F. Sandberg since 2013. She studied theatre history and gender studies at Lund University and studied acting at Blekinge läns folkhögskola for two years.[8]

Filmography

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Cam CloserWoman
Lights Out
2014See You Soon
Pictured
Not So Fast
Coffer
2015Attic Panic
2016Closet SpaceLotta
That Party That One NightParty Kid
2017Who Decides Nurse
2020ShadowedWoman
2020Not Alone in Here

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Lights OutEsther
2017Adoption Agent
Broken EnglishEditor in Chief Miniseries
2019Shazam!Dr. Lynn Crosby
2023Shazam! Fury of the GodsCivilian[9]
TBAUntil DawnProducerFilming

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lights Out 2 Is Happening, Get The Details. Holmes. Adam. CINEMABLEND. July 31, 2016.
  2. Web site: Lotta Losten, star of original ‘Lights Out,’ shares creepy Spotify playlist. AXS.
  3. lottalosten. Losten. Lotta. 958799702094438406. Yes! I have a role in Shazam! I can finally say that!. January 31, 2018. January 31, 2017.
  4. Web site: Lights Out - Best Director - Bloody Cuts. 2 February 2016. Bloodycuts.co.uk. 23 June 2018.
  5. Web site: How the horror short 'Lights Out' went from 3-minute film to Hollywood feature. Meredith. Woerner. Latimes.com. 23 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Interview: 'Lights Out' Director David F. Sandberg on Adapting His Hit Short Film. 26 July 2016. Slashfilm.com. 23 June 2018.
  7. Web site: LIGHTS OUT (2016): Horror Film To Get Sequel. Film-book.com. July 31, 2016.
  8. Web site: Lotta Losten. Lottalosten.com. July 31, 2016.
  9. Web site: Burlingame . Russ . September 6, 2022 . Shazam! 2 Director Confirms Cameo From First Movie . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907080836/https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-2-director-confirms-lotta-losten-cameo/ . September 7, 2022 . September 6, 2022 . ComicBook.com.