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Lone Scherfig

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 2, 1959 (66 years)
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Lone Scherfig (born May 2, 1959) is a Danish film director. She graduated Danish Film School in 1984, and began her career as a director with Kaj's fødselsdag "A Birthday Trip". She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere, 2000), a romantic comedy which among its many international awards won the Silver Berlin Bear (Jury Prize) at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival. It is credited as the most profitable Scandinavian film to date. Most recently she's directed An Education (2009), based on an autobiographical article by British journalist Lynn Barber. The independent film was nominated for three of the 82nd Academy Awards.

Known For

  • An Education
  • One Day
  • Italian for Beginners
  • The Riot Club
  • Their Finest
  • Red Road
  • Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
  • The Kindness of Strangers
  • The Girl with the Needle
  • Backstabbing for Beginners
  • The Astronaut Wives Club
  • The Movie Teller
  • A Serious Game
  • Dag & Nacht
  • Just Like Home
  • The Shift
  • Powder Keg
  • On Our Own
  • Bullshit
  • Better Times
  • Kaj's fødselsdag
  • Donkeys
  • Taxa
  • Flemming & Berit

Featured Videos

  • Lone Scherfig On What The Viewer Can Expect (International)
    Lone Scherfig On What The Viewer Can Expect (International)Their FinestBehind the Scenes
  • Lone Scherfig On The Challenges of Shooting (International)
    Lone Scherfig On The Challenges of Shooting (International)Their FinestBehind the Scenes
  • Lone Scherfig On the Role of Ambrose Hilliard (International)
    Lone Scherfig On the Role of Ambrose Hilliard (International)Their FinestBehind the Scenes

Lone Scherfig Filmography

2022
The Shift (TV Series)
2019
2016
2007
2006
2005
2002
2000
Italian for Beginners · as Screenplay
1998
1997
Taxa (TV Series)
1987
Sorgagre · as Screenplay

2024
The Girl with the Needle · as Executive Producer
2024
Bullshit (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2023
Dag & Nacht (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
The Shift (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2020
Powder Keg · as Executive Producer
2019
The Kindness of Strangers · as Executive Producer
2018
Backstabbing for Beginners · as Executive Producer
2015
The Astronaut Wives Club (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2007
Aftenshowet (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Smagsdommerne (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director
2001
Bodilfesten 2001 · as Self
1996
Go' morgen Danmark (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self

2023
Dag & Nacht (TV Series) · as Original Series Creator
2010
Donkeys · as Characters

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