Lone Scherfig
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Lone Scherfig 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 is part of the Dogme 95
Dogme 95
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...

 film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...

(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
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

. It is credited as the most profitable Scandinavian film to date.

Most recently she's directed An Education
An Education
An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David,...

(2009), based on an autobiographical article by British journalist Lynn Barber
Lynn Barber
Lynn Barber is a British journalist, who writes for The Sunday Times.-Early life:Barber attended Lady Eleanor Holles School...

. The independent film was nominated for three of the 82nd Academy Awards
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...

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Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Margrethes elsker Director Television film
1990 Kaj's fødselsdag Director Won Club Espace Award Rouen Nordic Film Festival
Rouen Nordic Film Festival
The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, Holland and Belgium...

, Grand Jury Prize Rouen Nordic Film Festival
Rouen Nordic Film Festival
The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, Holland and Belgium...

1993 Den gode lykke Director Television film
1994 Flemming og Berit Director 6 episodes
1997 Taxa Director Television series
1997 Taxa Writer 2 episodes
1998 Når mor kommer hjem Writer, director Won – Cinekid Film Award
2000 Morten Korch – Ved stillebækken Writer, director 11 episodes
2000 Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...

Writer, director 20 awards
2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself is a Danish-Scottish film from 2002. Harbour and his suicidal brother inherit their father's second hand bookstore in their native Glasgow. Their lives become entangled with Alice and her daughter Mary after the two visit the shop...

Writer, director Won 11 awards
2005 Krøniken
Krøniken
Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007...

Director 1 episode
2006 Red Road
Red Road (film)
Red Road is a 2006 British film directed by Andrea Arnold. It tells the story of a CCTV security operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. It is named after, and partly set at, the Red Road flats in Barmulloch, Glasgow, Scotland which were the tallest residential buildings in...

Characters
2007 Hjemve Writer, director
2009 An Education
An Education
An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David,...

Director Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay
2009 Rounding Up Donkeys Characters
2011 One Day
One Day (film)
One Day is a film directed by Lone Scherfig. It was adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess...

Director

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