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August, Bille
Born: 1948 AD
Currently alive, at 59 years of age.
Nationality: Danish
Categories: Director, Film Director
Currently alive, at 59 years of age.
Nationality: Danish
Categories: Director, Film Director
1948 - Billie August, born on the 9th of November in Brede, Denmark. He is a Danish film and television director.
1978 - 1982 - His early film and television production, which includes such films as Honningmåne (In My Life) and the television play Maj.
1983 - 1984 - In Zappa, Tro, håb og kærlighed (Twist and Shout) and Busters verden (Buster’s World), all based on novels by Bjarne Reuter, he explores the conflict- filled and magic world of the youth of the 60s.
1987 - Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror), based on Martin Andersen Nexø's novel, won both the Golden Palms in Cannes and an Oscar. Here he created both a social historical epic and a beautiful psychological study of a boy and his father.
1991 - 1997 - He was partially educated in Sweden and also married to Swedish actress Pernilla August.
1991 - His international breakthrough was followed by the film and television series Den gode vilje (The Best Intentions) with a script by Ingmar Bergman. The film was awarded the Golden Palms in Cannes.
1996 - Jerusalem, based on a novel by the swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, these two films form a sort of Nordic epic film-triology.
2001 - He made his come-back with the Scandinavian closet play En sang for Martin (A song for Martin).
1978 - 1982 - His early film and television production, which includes such films as Honningmåne (In My Life) and the television play Maj.
1983 - 1984 - In Zappa, Tro, håb og kærlighed (Twist and Shout) and Busters verden (Buster’s World), all based on novels by Bjarne Reuter, he explores the conflict- filled and magic world of the youth of the 60s.
1987 - Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror), based on Martin Andersen Nexø's novel, won both the Golden Palms in Cannes and an Oscar. Here he created both a social historical epic and a beautiful psychological study of a boy and his father.
1991 - 1997 - He was partially educated in Sweden and also married to Swedish actress Pernilla August.
1991 - His international breakthrough was followed by the film and television series Den gode vilje (The Best Intentions) with a script by Ingmar Bergman. The film was awarded the Golden Palms in Cannes.
1996 - Jerusalem, based on a novel by the swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, these two films form a sort of Nordic epic film-triology.
2001 - He made his come-back with the Scandinavian closet play En sang for Martin (A song for Martin).
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"Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow" by Peter Hoeg and Bille August (Hardcover - Aug 21, 1997) |
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Biography - August, Bille (1948-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team (Digital - Jan 1, 2005) Word count: 3076... Available for download now |
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Bille August fortæller om sit liv og sine film til Anne Wolden-Ræthinge by Bille August (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1993) |
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Smilla's sense of snow : the making of a film by Bille August adapted from the novel by Peter Høeg by Karin Trolle (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1993) |
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En forførers bekendelser: Bille August og hans nærmeste fortæller : biografi by Helle Retbøll Carl (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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Die Bibel by Bille August (Hardcover - Sep 30, 2005) |
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