Magnus von Horn was born in 1983 in Göteborg, Sweden. In 2004 he started his studies at the Film Directing Department of the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School (PWSFTViT) in Lodz, Poland, where he completed the MA studies. He has written and directed several short films including “Echo” (2009) that received numerous international awards and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Magnus’s diploma film, “Without Snow”, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2011 and was nominated for the Swedish Guldbaggen awards for best short film.

In 2015 Magnus completed his debut feature film, “The Here After”, which had its world premier at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director’s Fortnight section. His second film “Sweat” qualified for the official selection of Cannes 2020 and won the Silver Lions at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.