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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
January 21, 1981
Place of Birth
Jönköping, Sweden
Also Known As
- Дэвид Ф. Сандберг
- David Fredrik Sandberg
- David Sandberg
David F. Sandberg
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Missing Person (voice)
Until Dawn
2025
0.0
Himself
Making Cam Closer II
2023
6.5
Pedestrian Attacked by Harpy / Mister Mind (uncredited)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
2023
0.0
Self - Guest
BIANCA
2022
7.3
Self
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020
8.0
Himself
The Making of Not Alone in Here
2020
6.5
Man
Not Alone in Here
2020
7.3
Narrator / Himself
Good Enough: Making Shadowed
2020
6.5
Shadow
Shadowed
2020
🎬
0.0
Himself / Narrator
The Truth About Test Screenings
2019
Credits
Until Dawn
as Missing Person (voice)
2025
6.5
Making Cam Closer II
as Himself
2023
0.0
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
as Pedestrian Attacked by Harpy / Mister Mind (uncredited)
2023
6.5
BIANCA
as Self - Guest
2022
0.0
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
as Self
2020
7.3
The Making of Not Alone in Here
as Himself
2020
8.0
Not Alone in Here
as Man
2020
6.5
Good Enough: Making Shadowed
as Narrator / Himself
2020
7.3
Shadowed
as Shadow
2020
6.5
🎬
The Truth About Test Screenings
as Himself / Narrator
2019
0.0
Who is Shazam?
as self / director
2019
5.0
Shazam!
as Mr. Mind / Travis / Gangster Crocodile-Men (uncredited)
2019
7.0
Directing Annabelle: Creation
as Himself
2017
9.0
The Making of Closet Space
as Himself
2016
0.0
Closet Space
as Man
2016
6.8
Attic Panic
as Ghost
2015
6.8
🎬
Not So Fast
as Man
2014
5.6
🎬
Sit Down Danny
as Danny / Simon (voice)
2013
0.0
The Drawing Box
as David / David's Brother
2012
5.5
All Quiet Now...
as Boy (voice)
2006
6.3
For the Children
as (voice)
2006
0.0