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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1948-11-09 00:00:00
Known For:Directing
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Bille August
Biography
Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.
Filmography (40)
In My Life
director1978
No Image
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Role: Self1989
Goodbye Bafana
director2007
Busters verden
director1984
Twist and Shout
director1984
Return to Sender
director2004
Marie Kroyer
director2012
Night Train to Lisbon
director2013
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
director2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
director1999
Silent Heart
director2014
Zappa
director1983
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
Role: Self2023
55 Steps
director2018
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
director2023
Sova Räv
cinematography1982
May
director1983
Christiania
camera operator1977
The Pact
director2021
No Image
Thomas - A Child Out of Reach
camera operator1980
A Song for Martin
producer2001
Twist and Shout
screenplay1984
Zappa
screenplay1983
Men Can't Be Raped
director of photography1978
No Image
Versace: The Medusa Eyes
writer2026
The Grass Is Singing
director of photography1981
Les Misérables
director1998
Smilla's Sense of Snow
director1997
Jerusalem
writer1996
Jerusalem
director1996
The Best Intentions
director1992
The Chinese Widow
director2017
Hemåt i natten
director of photography1977
A Fortunate Man
director2018
A Fortunate Man
screenplay2018
No Image
Versace: The Medusa Eyes
director2026
To Each His Own Cinema
director2007
The Kiss
director2022
The Kiss
screenplay2022
Me, You
director2026