Lone Scherfig
Directing
- Born
- May 2, 1959 (age 67) · Søborg, Danmark
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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
One Day
March 2, 2011
An Education
October 29, 2009
The Riot Club
September 19, 2014
Their Finest
February 19, 2017
The Girl with the Needle
September 6, 2024
Red Road
October 27, 2006
Backstabbing for Beginners
January 18, 2018
Italian for Beginners
December 7, 2000
The Kindness of Strangers
December 12, 2019
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
November 8, 2002
The Movie Teller
October 27, 2023
A Serious Game
September 9, 2016
Behind the camera20
- 2024The Girl with the Needle Executive Producer
- 2023The Movie Teller Director
- 2020The Day We Died Executive Producer
- 2019The Kindness of Strangers Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- 2018Backstabbing for Beginners Executive Producer
- 2017Their Finest Director
- 2016A Serious Game Writer
- 2014The Riot Club Director
- 2011One Day Director
- 2010Donkeys