AXEL STJÄRNE had a dream come true when, shortly after graduating film school, his final project ”Get Ready With Me” won an Oscar for Best Student Film in 2018. The way this sophisticated thriller pulls its audience to the edge of their seats with its complex characters and bold turning points - a great example of Axel’s strengths as a writer. To boil it down, Axel is allergic to dull moments and strives always to entertain, be it through inspiring his audience to root for a couple in love, cover their eyes in fear, or marvel at a fascinating life story. When it comes to his preferred process, Axel is far from the solitary writer. He revels in push back from producers and directors, the more frustrating the meeting, the more creative he gets on his way home.

Currently, Axel is in production with “Maffia” , as headwriter, produced by Nexiko and directed by Mani Maserrat for Viaplay. Axel recently wrote episodes for “Slutet på sommaren” (End of Summer), based on the book by Anders de la Motte, in post production for Viaplay.

He is working in wide range of genres and formats, as creator, head writer, storyline writer and/or episodic writer for two different tv series in development at Warner and Harmonica. His latest project include “Top Dog 2” (2023) for Filmlance and “Vuxna människor” (2022) for FLX.

His previous work includes the Viaplay series “Partisan” produced by Warner and “Cryptid” produced by Dramacorp. “Partisan” won the prize Best Series at CannesSeries. “Partisan” premiered in September 2020 and was the most-viewed original series during the first day at Viaplay.

Although most of his work has been in Swedish, Axel is an experienced and proficient writer in English. He has an Honours Degree (First Class) in Journalism from the University of London. Upon graduation, he was awarded as the Highest Achieving Journalism Student. 

Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh

selected works

Maffia - series (head writer) - 2024
Slutet på sommaren - series (screenwriter) - 2024
Top Dog 2 - series (storyline/episode writer) - 2023
Vuxna människor - series (episode writer) - 2022
De Levande - feature (screenwriter) - in development
Cryptid - series (episode writer) - in production
Partisan - series (storyline editing) - premiere 2020
Get ready with me - short (screenwriter) - 2018
Lost in Kyiv - short (screenwriter) - 2018
De andra barnen - short (screenwriter) - 2017

awards and nominations

Partisan - Winner for Best Series (Longform Series) - CannesSeries - 2020
Cryptid - Nominated for Best Series - CannesSeries - 2020
Get Ready With Me - Winner for Best Short Film, Student Academy Awards - 2018
Get Ready With Me - Vimeo Staff Pick - 2018