Alumni

Lisa Ambjörn

Lisa Ambjörn

European Showrunner Programme

Alumni
Lecturers

Writer | »Young Royals«, »Sick (Sjukt)«

Vita

Lisa is a globe-trotting film editor turned screenwriter, having worked on documentaries in Congo, Kinshasa, Palestine, and Western Sahara before moving on to fiction. After graduating from Stockholm University of the Arts in 2018 she worked as a script editor for the SVT drama department, while also getting her first job as a head writer for the comedy drama »Dreaming of England« (2020). Her first original series was the critically acclaimed comedy »Sick« (2021), which stems from her own experience of surviving cancer. Followed by the hit teen drama »Young Royals« (2021) which became her international break through, on which she is currently finishing the second season.

Nationality: Swedish
Residence: Stockholm, Sweden
Writing Language(s): Swedish, English
Specialties: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Work

Young Royals (season 1 and 2) | 2021 – 2022

Serie | Schweden | Creator

Sick (Sjukt) | 2021

Serie | Schweden | Creator

»My ambition as a showrunner is to be a good leader: making sure my entire team can reach their full potential and add all their creative value to the show through enjoying their day-to-day work, while also keeping the vision intact throughout the process. I want to be part of the change our industry needs to see through establishing the role of the showrunner in Europe, so we can make the absolutely best, most visionary creative and daring stories we possibly can.«

Lisa Ambjörn