Born 1940 in Lund, Marianne Ahrne is a director, writer, editor. She studied literature and drama in the USA and English, French and drama at Lund University. She participated in student theatre as actress and director, was for a period actress at a professional theatre in Avignon, France, taught French at the University of Umeå, then trained as a director at the Film School in Stockholm, from 1967 to 1969. She has since then worked professionally as director, writer and editor.