Peter Schildt

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Peter Schildt was born in Stockholm in 1951. He was 7 years old when he started acting and after completing secondary school in 1968, he made acting his profession. He has appeared in productions such as Amorosa (1986), Ivar Kreuger (1998), the Crown (2006) and the Regicide (2008).

Peter made his directing debut in 1973. After working as a director’s assistant to Ingmar Bergman on the film Fanny & Alexander (1981-82) he’s gone on to do more film, but also works with TV, theatre and radio – in addition to teaching at drama schools around Sweden.

Among his productions are TV series like Ebba and Didrik (1990) and The Gap (1997). A Thousand Times Stronger is his fourth successful collaboration with screenwriter Christina Herrström.