Edward af Sillén

Edward af Sillén (born 1982 in Brazil) is a Swedish screenwriter and director for stage, film and TV. He has translated and directed many highly successful theatre shows including Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, The Drowsy Chaperone,Steel Magnoliasand the Torch Song Trilogy. Edward has worked on the Eurovision Song Contest as a director, commentator and screenwriter, including 2016 where he co-wrote and directed the globally acclaimed interval act "Love, Love, Peace, Peace" with Fredrik Kempe, while also directing and writing for Sweden’s most popular television show Melodifestivalen. Following his first film Medicinen, his second En underbar jävla jul became the biggest Swedish film of 2015.

2004 brought Edward’s screen writing breakthrough with the script for host Maria Lundqvist at the Guldbagge Awards, the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. He returned in 2007 not only as Sissela Kyle’s scriptwriter, but as director of the show live on SVT.

Edward was recruited by Melodifestivalen supervisor Christer Björkman to write and direct the 2009 contest. His mix of humour, music and sparkle saw him return in 2010,2012 and 2013. After a two year contest break, he came back in 2016 to much acclaim. His parody sketch song Här står jag by Charlotte Perrelli performed that year topped the Swedish iTunes chart.

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