Ester Martin Bergsmark (born 1982) is a Swedish movie director and screenwriter of the documentaries Maggie in Wonderland and She Male Snails.

They studied documentary filmmaking at Biskops Arnö Nordens Folkhögskola and were also trained at the Swedish University College of Arts Crafts and Design.

[3] In 2009, Bergsmark took part in a feminist project in which several directors and artists directed twelve short movies for a collection called Dirty Diaries.

In interviews Bergsmark has said that while not wanting to live as a woman they consider themself a trans person and find security in not having to have a static gender identity.

The movie is based on a book by Levén (Swedish title: Du är rötterna som sover vid mina fötter och håller jorden på plats).