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Bille August Biography (1948-)

Born November 9, 1948, in Copenhagen, Denmark; son of Frithiof (a psychologist) and Kamma (maiden name, Engelbrecht) August; married Masja Dessau (an actress; divorced); married Pernilla Wallgren (an actress; also known as PernillaW. Ostergren), 1991 (divorced, 1997); children: Melina, Anders, Adam, Asta,Alba.

Nationality

Danish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, cinematographer, screenwriter

Birth Details

November 9, 1948

Copenhagen, Denmark

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director
• Honning maane (also known as Honeymoon and In My Life), Obel Films, 1978
• Kim G. (short film), 1978
• Tro, haab og kaerlighed (also known as Twist and Shout), Miramax, 1984
• Zappa, International Spectrafilm, 1984
• Busters verden (also known as Buster's World), 1985
• Pelle erobreren (also known as Pelle eroevraren), Kaerne, 1987 released as Pelle the Conqueror, Miramax, c. 1988
• Den goda viljan (also known as The Best Intentions, Conle migliori intenzioni, Den gode vilje, Die Besten Absichten, Hyvae tahto, and Les meilleures intentions; originally broadcast as a television miniseries), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1992
• The House of the Spirits (also known as Aandernes hus, Acasa dos espiritos, and Das Geisterhaus), Miramax, 1993
• Jerusalem (originally broadcast as a television miniseries), FirstLook Pictures Releasing, 1996
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (also known as Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Fraeulein Smillas Gespuer fuer Schnee, Froeken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, and Froeken Smillas kaensla foer snoe), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Les miserables, Columbia, 1998
• En saang foer Martin (also known as A Song for Martin and En sang for Martin), Egmont/CTS/Nordisk, 2000
• Producer
• En saang foer Martin (also known as A Song for Martin and En sang for Martin), Egmont/CTS/Nordisk, 2000
• Cinematographer
• Christiania, 1977
• Hemaat i natten (also known as Homeward in the Night and Yoen sylissae), 1977
• Maen kan inte vaaldtas (also known as Men Can't Be Raped and Miestae ei voi raiskata), 1978
• Kaerleken (also known as Love), 1980
• Tomas--et barn du ikke kan naa, 1980
• Graeset sjunger (also known as The Grass Is Singing and Killing Heat), 1981
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "Northern Italy, June 1918," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1992
• "Vienna, November 1908," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC,1992
• Other
• Maj, 1982
• Den goda viljan (miniseries), 1991
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (movie),1999
• Television Appearances
• Bernd Eichinger--wenn das Leben zum Kino wird, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Honning maane (also known as Honeymoon and In My Life), Obel Films, 1978
• (With Bjarne Reuter) Tro, haab og kaerlighed (also known as Twist and Shout; based on novels by Bjarne Reuter), Miramax, 1984
• (With Bjarne Reuter) Zappa (based on the novel by Bjarne Reuter),International Spectrafilm, 1984
• Pelle erobreren (also known as Pelle eroevraren; based on the first volume of a novel by Martin Andersen Nexo), Kaerne, 1987 released asPelle the Conqueror, Miramax, c. 1988
• The House of the Spirits (also known as Aandernes hus, Acasa dos espiritos, and Das Geisterhaus; based on the novel by Isabel Allende), Miramax, 1993
• Jerusalem (originally broadcast as a television miniseries), FirstLook Pictures Releasing, 1996
• En saang foer Martin (also known as A Song for Martin and En sang for Martin), Egmont/CTS/Nordisk, 2000
• Teleplays
• Wrote the miniseries Jerusalem.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Variety, August 3, 1992, p. 23