Bille August

Bille August

Directing

Born November 9, 1948

35 films as director · Active 1978–2025

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 o…

Known for

Klovn

Klovn

2005

The Guldbagge Awards

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

Meyerheim & stjernerne

Meyerheim & stjernerne

2018

Dansk films bedste

Dansk films bedste

2022

Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard

Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard

2023

mig og 60erne

mig og 60erne

2017

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

1989

Directed(35)

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2023Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction★ 6.0
The Kiss
2022The Kiss★ 6.6
The Pact
2021The Pact★ 6.4
55 Steps
201855 Steps★ 6.7
A Fortunate Man
2018A Fortunate Man★ 6.7
The Chinese Widow
2017The Chinese Widow★ 7.2
Silent Heart
2014Silent Heart★ 6.6
Night Train to Lisbon
2013Night Train to Lisbon★ 6.5
Marie Kroyer
2012Marie Kroyer★ 6.2
Goodbye Bafana
2007Goodbye Bafana★ 6.9
To Each His Own Cinema
2007To Each His Own Cinema★ 6.5
Return to Sender
2004Return to Sender★ 6.4
A Song for Martin
2001A Song for Martin★ 5.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid★ 5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence★ 5.8
Les Misérables
1998Les Misérables★ 7.2
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997Smilla's Sense of Snow★ 6.4
Jerusalem
1996Jerusalem★ 7.3
The House of the Spirits
1993The House of the Spirits★ 6.9
The Best Intentions
1992The Best Intentions★ 7.0
Pelle the Conqueror
1987Pelle the Conqueror★ 7.3
Buster's World
1984Buster's World★ 6.7
Twist and Shout
1984Twist and Shout★ 6.8
Zappa
1983Zappa★ 7.1
May
1983May★ 9.0
In My Life
1978In My Life★ 4.4
Me, You
—Me, You
—Versace: The Medusa Eyes
—Armani: The King of Fashion

Acting(7)

2023Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of EhrengardSelf
Film
2022Dansk films bedsteSig selv
TV
2018Meyerheim & stjernerneSig selv
TV
2017mig og 60erne
TV
2005KlovnBille
TV
1989Foreign Filmmakers in HollywoodSelf
Film
1981The Guldbagge AwardsSelf
TV