Lone Scherfig

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1959-05-02 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As Lone Wrede Scherfig , 론 쉐르픽

Lone Scherfig

Biography

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

Director

Den onde cirkel

as Director

2023
The Movie Teller

as Director

2022
The Shift

as Director

2017
Their Finest

as Director

2015
2014
The Riot Club

as Director

2011
One Day

as Director

2009
An Education

as Director

2007
Just Like Home

as Director

2004
Better Times

as Director

2000
1998
On Our Own

as Director

1997
Taxa

as Director

1990
The Birthday Trip

as Director

Writer

2023
Dag & Nacht

as Original Series Creator

2016
A Serious Game

as Writer

2010
Donkeys

as Characters

2007
Just Like Home

as Writer

2006
Red Road

as Writer

2000
Italian for Beginners

as Screenplay

1998
On Our Own

as Writer

1997
Taxa

as Writer

Producer

2024
The Girl with the Needle

as Executive Producer

2020
The Day We Died

as Executive Producer

2019
The Kindness of Strangers

as Executive Producer

2018
Backstabbing for Beginners

as Executive Producer

Creator

2022
The Shift

as Creator

2022
The Shift

as Creator

1994