10-618: Bille August RD (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or , Academy Award and Golden Globe Award . He is one of only ten directors to win the Palme d'Or twice, winning the award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions , based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman . His filmography includes The House of
20-884: A daughter from a previous relationship. Director Director of photography Miniseries TV movies TV series Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Director of the Year Order of the Dannebrog Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 208283884 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:39:22 GMT Alba August Alba Adèle August (born 6 June 1993)
30-750: A minor role in her father's film A Song for Martin (2001). In 2017, August was cast in the Danish language Netflix series The Rain . She also received positive reviews for her role in Becoming Astrid . She graduated from the National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 2018. On 30 July 2020, August released her single "We're Not Gonna Make It". It was featured in the soundtrack of The Rain . On 12 November 2021, August released her debut album I Still Hide , which entered
40-631: A total of eight children with five different women. He was first married to Annie Munksgård Lauritzen; they had a son Anders Frithiof August . His second wife was Masja Dessau with whom he had a son; both sons have become screenwriters . His third marriage to Swedish actress Pernilla August was from 1991 to 1997. Together they had two daughters, including Alba Adèle August ; he also became the stepfather of her daughter from her first marriage to Swedish novelist and screenwriter Klas Östergren . In 2012, he married his fourth wife, actress Sara-Marie Maltha after 10 years together; they have three children. He has
50-399: Is a Danish-Swedish actress and singer. She is the daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress and director Pernilla August , who divorced in 1997. Her older sister Asta Ostergren is also an actress. On her father's side, she has two older half-brothers named Adam August and Anders August who are both screenwriters . August started as a child actor and debuted in
60-762: The Foto- och Dokumentärskolan in Stockholm, Sweden , and later from the National Film School of Denmark . He began his career as a cinematographer. He made his feature directorial debut in 1978 with In My Life , which won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film . He collaborated twice with then wife Pernilla August under George Lucas on The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in The Perils of Cupid and Tales of Innocence. Pernilla would later star in
70-700: The Spirits , based on the novel by Isabel Allende ; Smilla's Sense of Snow ; Les Misérables ; Night Train to Lisbon , Silent Heart , The Chinese Widow and A Fortunate Man . He has received five Robert Awards (including Best Film and Best Director ) and three Bodil Awards for Best Danish Film . He is also a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog . August was born on 9 November 1948, in Brede, Denmark . After attending local schools, he graduated from
80-561: The city. His film Night Train to Lisbon (2013) premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . He had planned to direct a Gianni Versace biopic with Antonio Banderas as Versace, but this project was cancelled. In August 2021, it was announced that August would direct a feature film adaptation of Karen Blixen 's novel Ehrengard , which is being produced by Netflix and SF Studios . August has been married four times and has
90-609: The first two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and appeared in an episode of The Clone Wars television series to reprise her role from the films. After decades of writing, directing and producing notable films in Denmark, on 23 September 2011, Bille August announced that he had opened a studio in Hangzhou , China and taken a position as Tianpeng Media's Art Director, in order to produce Chinese films for Tianpeng Media over
100-518: The next few years. Tianpeng Media is a new media company established in 2010. The company produced two films, The Women Knight of Mirror (竞雄女侠秋瑾) and The Years of Qi Xiao Fu (七小福之燃情岁月), to be released later in 2011. He is the first foreign director to be hired by the Chinese film company. In 2011, August also accepted the invitation from the Hangzhou government to serve as a "culture consultant" for
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