Lone Scherfig
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
May 2, 1959Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
21Place of birth
Copenhagen, DenmarkAlso known as
Lone Wrede Scherfig , 론 쉐르픽Cast credits
Crew credits
Italian for Beginners
Director, ScreenplayWilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Director, ScreenplayAn Education
DirectorJust Like Home
Director, WriterOne Day
DirectorThe Birthday Trip
DirectorThe Riot Club
DirectorOn Our Own
Director, WriterTheir Finest
DirectorRed Road
WriterA Serious Game
WriterThe Kindness of Strangers
Director, Writer, Executive ProducerThe Day We Died
Executive ProducerBackstabbing for Beginners
Executive ProducerThe Movie Teller
DirectorDonkeys
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