Biography

Maansson is an award winning network executive, responsible for having successfully co-created and launched three major cable networks in Denmark. His experience over the past 25 years has included the development and production of numerous successful series and formats, ranging from game shows and scripted comedy to talk shows and reality programming. In addition, Maansson has co-created and produced large-scale Friday night entertainment shows and a variety of television specials including some of Denmark's largest annual award shows. He also produced the annual live wraparound show for the Danish broadcast of the Oscars®.

He is one of the leading forces behind TV2 Zulu's incredible success, through imaginative and unique formats as well as branding and promotion, having won several awards for his innovative hit shows. Well versed in all aspects of production, from developing, writing and production design to editing, directing and producing, Maansson is widely recognized as the brains and brawn behind many of the top formats in the country, original as well as licensed, including their campaigns and off-air events. He is by many of his peers considered one of the go-to guys in television entertainment.

From directing Wheel of Fortune and The Dating Game in the 90s to producing a slew of international licenses including the annual Oscars® telecast wraparound show in Denmark, he remains one of the most talented, prolific and ambitious producers in the business, adding his unique talent for scope, style, humor and human presence to many of the most talked about hit formats on Danish television.

In 2013 he relocated to Los Angeles where he continues to create high-end formats for top entities such as Numount Media and Fremantle.
- IMDb mini biography by: Maansson