Susanne Bier
Nation: DENMARK
Date of Birth:
15Apr 1960
Biography:
Susanne Bier, director of the award-winning features Freud Leaving Home (1990), Family Matters (1993), Like it Never was Before (1995), Credo (1997), and not least The One and Only (1999), which won a whole host of Danish Film Academy and Danish film critics' awards. With record box-office sales The One and Only is one of the 5 most popular Danish feature films of all time. After this blockbuster success Susanne Bier directed Once in a Lifetime (2000), and most recently the highly acclaimed Dogma success Open Hearts (2002), which sold over half a million tickets and won no less than five Danish film awards, including best Danish film. Open Hearts was selected for San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, Sundance Film Festival in the US, and Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Brothers (2004) opened in Denmark autumn 2004 and was both a huge national and international success. It was selected for San Sebastian Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and lately Brothers was nominated in several categories in the prestigious European Film Academy Awards. Recently After the Wedding (2006) has been released in Denmark and it is already living up to Biers other features as a critics and audience favourite. As well as feature films Susanne Bier also directs short films, music videos and commercials.
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