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Bille August RD (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed contemporary Danish filmmakers.

Bille August RD
Born	(1948-11-09) 9 November 1948 (age 74) Brede, Denmark
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Pernilla August ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 1997)​ Masja Dessau c. 1978-1990 Annie Munksgaard Lauritzen c. 1970-1978 Sara-Marie Maltha (2004 -> m. 2012 –present)
Children	8, including Anders and Alba

August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. He is one of only nine directors to win the Palme d'Or twice, winning the award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman.

His filmography includes The House of the Spirits, based on the novel by Isabel Allende; Smilla's Sense of Snow; Les Misérables; Night Train to Lisbon, Silent Heart, The Chinese Widow and A Fortunate Man. He has received five Robert Awards (including Best Film and Best Director) and three Bodil Awards for Best Danish Film. He is also a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Life and career

August was born on 9 November 1948, in Brede, Denmark. After attending local schools, he graduated from the Foto- og Dokumentarskolan in Stockholm, Sweden, and later from the National Film School of Denmark. He began his career as a cinematographer. He made his feature directorial debut in 1978 with In My Life, which won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.

He collaborated twice with then wife Pernilla August under George Lucas on The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in The Perils of Cupid and Tales of Innocence. Pernilla would later star in the first two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and appeared in an episode of The Clone Wars television series to reprise her role from the films.

After decades of writing, directing and producing notable films in Denmark, on 23 September 2011, Bille August announced that he had opened a studio in Hangzhou, China and taken a position as Tianpeng Media's Art Director, in order to produce Chinese films for Tianpeng Media over the next few years. Tianpeng Media is a new media company established in 2010. The company produced two films, The Women Knight of Mirror (竞雄女侠秋瑾) and The Years of Qi Xiao Fu (七小福之燃情岁月), to be released later in 2011. He is the first foreign director to be hired by the Chinese film company. In 2011 August also accepted the invitation from the Hangzhou government to serve as a "culture consultant" for the city.[1]

His film Night Train to Lisbon (2013) premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] He had planned to direct a Gianni Versace biopic with Antonio Banderas as Versace, but this project was cancelled.[3][4] In August 2021, it was announced that August would direct a feature film adaptation of Karen Blixen's novel Ehrengard, which is being produced by Netflix and SF Studios.[5]

Personal life

August has been married four times, and had four children by two of his wives.

He was first married to Annie Munksgård Lauritzen. His second wife was Masja Dessau. Together they had two children, Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978) and Adam August (born in 1983). They have both become screenwriters. His third marriage to Swedish actress Pernilla August was from 1991 to 1997. Together they had daughters Asta Kamma August (born 5 November 1991) and Alba Adèle August (born 6 June 1993); he also became the stepfather of her daughter Agnes from her first marriage to Swedish novelist and screenwriter Klas Östergren. In 2012, he married his fourth and current wife, Sara-Marie Maltha.

In addition, August fathered four other children by two women outside marriage.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Functioned as		Notes
		Director	Writer
1978	In My Life	Yes	Yes	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Nominated- Chicago Gold Hugo Nominated- Golden Moscow Prize
1983	Zappa	Yes	Yes	Nominated- Golden Moscow Prize
1984	Busters verden	Yes	No	UNICEF Award C.I.F.E.J. Prize of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth[6]
	Twist and Shout	Yes	Yes	Robert Award for Best Screenplay UNICEF Award C.I.F.E.J. Prize of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth Nominated- Golden Moscow Prize
1987	Pelle the Conqueror	Yes	Yes	Palme d'Or[7] Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[8] Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award for Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award for Best Film[9] Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated- César Award for Best European Film
1992	The Best Intentions	Yes	No	Palme d'Or[10] Nominated- Guldbagge Award for Best Director
1993	The House of the Spirits	Yes	Yes	Robert Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award for Best Screenplay
1996	Jerusalem	Yes	Yes	Lübeck Nordic Film Days
1997	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Yes	No	Nominated- Golden Berlin Bear[11]
1998	Les Misérables	Yes	No	Nominated- Golden Cairo Pyramid Award
2001	A Song for Martin	Yes	Yes	Nominated- Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Nominated- Crystal Globe Nominated- Guldbagge Award for Best Director Nominated- Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay Nominated- Golden Festroia Dolphin Nominated- Miami Grand Jury Prize
2004	Return to Sender	Yes	No
2007	Goodbye Bafana	Yes	Yes	Berlin Peace Film Award Capri Arts Award Nominated- Golden Berlin Bear Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Director of the Year[12]
	To Each His Own Cinema	Yes	No
2012	The Passion of Marie	Yes	No	Nominated- Chicago Gold Hugo
2013	Night Train to Lisbon	Yes	No
2014	Silent Heart	Yes	No	Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Nominated- Robert Award for Best Danish Film Nominated- Robert Award for Best Director Nominated- Robert Audience Award Nominated- Nordic Council Film Prize Nominated- Golden Shell
2017	The Chinese Widow	Yes	No	Nominated- Shanghai Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film
	55 Steps	Yes	No
2018	A Fortunate Man	Yes	Yes	Beijing Tiantian Award for Best Film Nominated- Robert Award for Best Danish Film Nominated- Robert Award for Best Director Nominated- Robert Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- Filmfest Hamburg Critics Choice Award
2021	The Pact	Yes	No	Nominated- Beijing Tiantian Award for Best Film

As cinematographer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	Christiania	Flemming Colstrup Ove Nyholm	Documentary film
	Hemåt i natten	Jon Lindström
1978	Men Can't Be Raped	Jörn Donner
1980	Love	Theodor Kallifatides
	Mördare! Mördare!	Jon Lindström
	Tomas: A Child You Cannot Reach	Lone Hertz	Documentary film
1981	Killing Heat	Michael Raeburn
1982	Sova räv	Gun Jönsson

Television

Year	Title	Functioned as		Notes
		Director	Writer
1978	Et par dage med Magnus	Yes	No	Miniseries
1980	Verden er så stor, så stor	Yes	Yes	Television film
1982	Maj	Yes	No	Television film
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Yes	No	2 episodes
2003	Detaljer	Yes	Yes	Television film

References

External links

• 1997 interview with Bille August about Smilla's Sense of Snow
• Bille August at IMDb
• Bille August at the Swedish Film Database
• Bille August in the Danish Film Database
• Works by or about Bille August in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

На других языках

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[de] Bille August

Bille August (* 9. November 1948 in Brede, Syddanmark) ist ein dänischer Filmregisseur.

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- [en] Bille August

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[ru] Аугуст, Билле

Билле Аугуст (дат. Bille August; род. 9 ноября 1948 (1948-11-09), Бреде, Люнгбю-Торбек, Дания) — датский кинорежиссёр, многократный лауреат различных фестивалей и кинопремий, двукратный лауреат «Золотой пальмовой ветви» Каннского кинофестиваля.

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