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Eva Svenstedt Ward

Sweden

Biography

Since graduating as a theatre producer from the National Theatre School of Canada, Eva has worked in theatre, film and television, primarily in Europe. She studied Screenwriting at the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam, has a BA in Theatre Studies from Stockholm University, and an MSc in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD Business School. Eva spent nearly 15 years as producer and development executive for Sweden's national broadcaster, SVT. Some of the projects Eva has been involved in include Creative Producer for 52 part children's series "The Roofters", script and story consultant for Emmy Award winning "The Millennium Trilogy", based on the novels by Stieg Larsson including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" feature film, and Executive Script Editor on the six feature film adaptations of novels by Liza Marklund. Eva has held master classes on screenwriting, script consulting and the role of the creative producer for organizations such as Berghs School of Communication Stockholm, Danish Film School, Short Film Forum Moscow and Scuola Holden in Torino. She is a script tutor on Cinekid Script Lab and Off Camera Industry Days in Cracow and has tutored for TorinoFilmLab since 2012. At present, Eva is Head of Studies for TorinoFilmLab's program ScriptLab.

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