Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
21 January
Location
Jönköping County, Sweden
Edit pageDavid F. Sandberg
Biography
David F. Sandberg (born 21 January 1981) is a Swedish filmmaker. He is best known for his collective no-budget horror short films under the online pseudonym ponysmasher and for his 2016 directorial debut Lights Out, based on his 2013 acclaimed horror short of the same name.
He also directed the horror film Annabelle: Creation (2017) as part of The Conjuring Universe, and the DC Extended Universe films Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
David F. Sandberg was born on 21 January 1981 in Jönköping, Sweden. In the 5th grade, Sandberg says he transferred to Torpa School in Jönköping, where he met his future wife Lotta Losten, and they later both attended Junedal School in the same city.
According to Sandberg, he grew up watching films and making his own using his dad's VHS-C camera. He worked in a video store as a teenager and saved up money to buy his own camcorder for filmmaking.
Sandberg was diagnosed with atypical autism when he was a child but has said he is unsure if the diagnosis was correct.
