Name
Bille August
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1948-11-09 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America....
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Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, st...
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Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marr...
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In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood...
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Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Ci...
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- 2017 mig og 60erne ( 4 episodes )
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- 1981 The Guldbagge Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Meyerheim & stjernerne ( 1 episode ) as Sig selv
- 2022 Dansk films bedste ( 6 episodes ) as Sig selv
