Bille August

Born: 1948-11-09

Biography

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 one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.

Filmography

• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
• The House of the Spirits (1993)
• Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• Kysset (2022)
• Pagten (2021)
• Meyerheim & stjernerne (2018)
• Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence (2007)
• 55 Steps (2018)
• Ehrengard: Forførelsens kunst (2023)
• 烽火芳菲 (2017)
• Stille hjerte (2014)
• Goodbye Bafana (2007)
• Marie Krøyer (2012)
• Den goda viljan (1992)
• Lykke-Per (2018)
• Maj (1983)
• Honning Måne (1978)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)
• Me, You
• Tro, håb og kærlighed (1984)