Jesper W. Nielsen
Danish film director and editor (born 1962)
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Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director, known for Okay (2003) , The Day Will Come (2016), and several TV series.
Early life and education
Nielsen was born in 1962, and in 1989 graduated as a film editor from the Den Danske Filmskole (Danish Film School).[1][2]
Career
Early in his career, Nielsen edited feature films by Anders Refn, Thomas Vinterberg and Erik Clausen.[2] He then became noted as a director of children's films, such as Retfærdigheden rytter (1989), The Last Viking (1997) and Forbudt for børn (1998).[2]
In 2003, he made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film Okay, for which he was awarded the Dreyer Award.[2][3][4] He is also known the film The Bouncer,[5] and the TV series Pagten.[6][7][8]
Filmography
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ligusterkrigeren | 1987 | Short film |
| Retfærdighedens rytter | 1989 | |
| Hjerter i slør (Veiled Hearts) | 1992 |
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| Buldermanden | 1996 | Short film |
| The Last Viking | 1997 | |
| Southern Comfort | 1997 | |
| Ogginoggen | 1997 | Short film |
| Forbudt for børn (Little Big Sister) | 1998 |
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| Okay | 2002 |
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| The Bouncer | 2003 | |
| Store planer! | 2005 | |
| I et speil, i en gåte | 2008 |
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| Pagten | 2009 | TV series |
| Lykke (Happy Life) | 2011–12 |
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| Borgen | 2011–13 | TV series |
| Badehotellet | 2014 | TV series |
| Dicte | 2014 | TV series |
| The Day Will Come | 2016 | Winner: Filmfest Hamburg Commerzbank Audience Award |
| Redwater | 2017 | TV series |
| Greyzone | 2018 | TV series |
| Undtagelsen (The Exception) | 2019 | Thriller film, based on Christian Jungersen's 2004 novel[10] |
