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Lone Scherfig

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 2, 1959 (65 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
  • Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
  • The Kindness of Strangers
  • Red Road
  • The Astronaut Wives Club
  • Backstabbing for Beginners
  • A Serious Game
  • The Movie Teller
  • Just Like Home
  • The Shift
  • Powder Keg
  • On Our Own
  • Dag & Nacht
  • Better Times
  • Kaj's fødselsdag
  • Donkeys
  • Taxa
  • Flemming & Berit

Filmography

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