Lone Scherfig

Lone Scherfig

  • Birthday: 1959-05-02
  • Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Also know as: Lone Wrede Scherfig

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Filmography

Production

Italian for Beginners

2000

As Director

An Education

2009

As Director

Just Like Home

2007

As Director

One Day

2011

As Director

The Birthday Trip

1990

As Director

The Riot Club

2014

As Director

Jeg er bare den logerende

2005

As Director

On Our Own

1998

As Director

Their Finest

2017

As Director

The Kindness of Strangers

2019

As Director

Den onde cirkel

0000

As Director

The Movie Teller

2023

As Director

The Day We Died

2020

As Executive Producer

Backstabbing for Beginners

2018

As Executive Producer

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002

As Screenplay

Just Like Home

2007

As Writer

Red Road

2006

As Writer

A Serious Game

2016

As Writer

On Our Own

1998

As Writer

Italian for Beginners

2000

As Screenplay

Donkeys

2010

As Characters

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