Lone Scherfig

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Lone Scherfig

Directing 67 May 2, 1959

Søborg, Danmark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 wi…

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One Day

One Day

7.4 2011 Movie
An Education

An Education

6.9 2009 Movie
The Riot Club

The Riot Club

5.9 2014 Movie
Their Finest

Their Finest

6.6 2017 Movie
The Girl with the Needle

The Girl with the Needle

7.6 2024 Movie
Backstabbing for Beginners

Backstabbing for Beginners

6.2 2018 Movie
Red Road

Red Road

6.5 2006 Movie
Italian for Beginners

Italian for Beginners

6.4 2000 Movie
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

6.3 2019 Movie
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

6.6 2002 Movie
Taxa

Taxa

7.4 1997 TV Show
The Astronaut Wives Club

The Astronaut Wives Club

6.6 2015 TV Show

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Insider

    TV show Sig selv

  2. 2024
    The Girl with the Needle

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2024
    Bullshit

    TV show Executive Producer

  4. 2023
    The Movie Teller

    Movie Director

  5. 2023
    Dag & Nacht

    TV show Original Series Creator

  6. 2022
    The Shift

    TV show Creator

  7. 2020
    The Idiots Who Started The Party

    Movie Sig selv

  8. 2020
    The Day We Died

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2019
    The Kindness of Strangers

    Movie Executive Producer

  10. 2018
    Backstabbing for Beginners

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2017
    Their Finest

    Movie Director

  12. 2017
    Kreativ: A Study in Creativity by Alexander Ekman

    Movie Self

  13. 2016
    A Serious Game

    Movie Writer

  14. 2015
    The Astronaut Wives Club

    TV show Director

  15. 2015
    Ulla Terkelsen i Italien

    TV show Sig selv

  16. 2014
    The Riot Club

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2011
    One Day

    Movie Director

  2. 2010
    Donkeys

    Movie Characters

  3. 2009
    An Education

    Movie Director

  4. 2007
    Just Like Home

    Movie Director

  5. 2006
    Red Road

    Movie Writer

  6. 2005
    Jeg er bare den logerende

    Movie Director

  7. 2004
    Better Times

    TV show Director

  8. 2002
    Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

    Movie Director

  9. 2000
    Italian for Beginners

    Movie Director

  10. 2000
    FreeDogme

    Movie herself

  11. 1999
    Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken

    TV show Writer

  12. 1998
    On Our Own

    Movie Director

  13. 1997
    Taxa

    TV show Writer

  14. 1994
    Flemming og Berit

    TV show Creator

  15. 1990
    The Birthday Trip

    Movie Director

  16. 1984
    Den onde cirkel

    Movie Director

  17. —
    Honeytrap

    Movie Director