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.

Фільмографія

• 2025Call of the Ocean — Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2025Until Dawn: До світанку — Missing Person (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
• 2023Шазам! Лють богів — Pedestrian Attacked by Harpy / Mister Mind (uncredited), Director
• 2019Шазам! — Mr. Mind / Travis / Gangster Crocodile-Men (uncredited), Director
• 2017Анабель: Створення — Director
• 2016Closet Space — Man, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2016Не вимикай світло — Director
• 2015Attic Panic — Ghost
• 2014Lights Out — Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
• 2012Ladyboy — Director
• A Little Slice of Hell — Director
• Lights Out 2 — Producer
• Mommy's Home — Director, Producer
• Untitled Amityville Horror Film — Director, Producer

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (3)

• BIANCA — Self - Guest
• 2020Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe — Self
• 2019DC Spotlight: Shazam! — Self