Michael Porseryd Exits as CEO of ‘A Man Called Otto’ Producer Sf Studios

Michael Porseryd is set to exit Sf Studios, the Nordic powerhouse behind Tom Hanks starrer “A Man Called Otto,” as CEO.News comes as a shock to everyone as Porseryd recently spoke to Variety about the company’s involvement in “A Man Called Otto,” following a successful press launch of the film with Hanks and Rita Wilson who were on hand in Stockholm.Sf Studios’ chairman of the board, Jan Bernhardsson, will assume the role as acting CEO in the interim.

Sf Studios’ board of directors are now starting the process of recruiting a new permanent CEO.During Porseryd’s six-year tenure as CEO, the company developed a bigger presence in the local and international production landscape, notably with “Horizon Lines” and most recently with “A Man Called Otto,” as well as some big-budgeted upscale period movies such as Erik Poppe’s “The Emigrants” and Björn Runge’s “Burn All My Letters.

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