Theo has always been an adventurer and thrill seeker – but grew up in a small town in Sweden where nothing comes about. Instead, he created his own adventures in his backyard – waving sticks around like elven swords or lightsabers. Those stories still exist today, but as he grew older, he learned that the pen was mightier than the sword… (stick).

His first introduction to filmmaking came after he was robbed at 12-years-old, and the established filmmaker Ruben Östlund decided that the crime would make a great film. A few years later PLAY (2011) premiered around the world, and Theo got to see one of his real-life stories come alive on screen. However, it would take a few years before he wrote his first feature, but luckily that screenplay earned him a spot at the National Film & Television School in London, from where he graduated early last year.

He was immediately hired by the film company Film i Väst, where he currently works as a script reader and dramaturge, while writing in his free time. He strongly believes that, if you want to become a great writer, there is no better film school than reading and analyzing other screenplays.

Theo is drawn to epic, suspenseful stories rooted in genre and the mainstream, with big hearts and deeper questions at the core. Whether he’s taking his audience to new planets, facing them off with serial-killers in the Scandinavian wilderness, or have them hunt for revenge across the American frontier – he’s determined to create emotional and enduring stories that movie-lovers want to discuss, dissect and revisit several times after they’ve experienced them.