Directing
Bille August
EN, DA, DE, ZH cinema · 39 credits
Born
9 November 1948 (age 77)
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
Filmography
Me, You
Director
Versace: The Medusa Eyes
Versace: The Medusa Eyes
Director, Writer
The Kiss
Director, Screenplay
The Pact
Director
55 Steps
Director
A Fortunate Man
Director, Screenplay
The Chinese Widow
Director
Silent Heart
Director
Marie Kroyer
Director
Goodbye Bafana
Director
Return to Sender
Director
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
A Song for Martin
Director, Writer, Producer
Les Misérables
Director
Jerusalem
Writer, Director
The House of the Spirits
Screenplay, Director
The Best Intentions
Director
Pelle the Conqueror
Director, Screenplay
Buster's World
Director
Twist and Shout
Director, Screenplay
Zappa
Director, Screenplay
May
Director
Sova Räv
1982
Sova Räv
Cinematography
The Grass Is Singing
Director of Photography
Kärleken
Cinematography
In My Life
Director
Men Can't Be Raped
Director of Photography
Hemåt i natten
Director of Photography
Christiania
Camera Operator