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Lone Scherfig Biography
Birth Name:Lone Wrede Scherfig
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Script department
Fast Facts
- Recieved the 2001 Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner of the 2009 Audience Award for favorite world feature at the Mill Valley Film Festival
- Won a Fipresci Prize at the 2003 Festroia-Troia International Film Festival for "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself․"
- Won the Grand Prize at the Montreal Film Festival for her film "On Our Own․"
- In 1984, she graduated from the Danish Film School
- Best known for her work with the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself was her first English-language film
Awards
- 1991Club Espace Award-: winner
- 1991Grand Jury Prize-: winner
- 2001Silver Berlin Bear-Jury Prize: winner
- 2001Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Competition: winner
- 2001FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
- 2001Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"-: winner
- 2001Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 2001Bodil-Best Film (Bedste danske film): nominated
- 2001Golden Wave-Best Screenplay (Meilleur Scénario Long Métrage): winner
- 2001Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
- 2001Robert-Best Screenplay (Årets originalmanuskript): winner
- 2001Robert-Best Director (Årets instruktør): nominated
- 2001Golden Dolphin-: winner
- 2001Audience Award-Best Fiction Feature Film/Video: winner
- 2001Public Prize-: winner
- 2001International Jury Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
- 2001Golden Spike-Best Film: winner
- 2001Youth Jury Award-Official Section: winner
- 2001Audience Award-: winner
- 2002Special Jury Prize-: winner
- 2003Bodil-Best Film (Bedste danske film): nominated
- 2003British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
- 2003Robert-Best Director (Årets instruktør): nominated
- 2003Emden Film Award-: nominated
- 2003Golden Dolphin-: nominated
- 2003FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
- 2003Silver Dolphin-Best Screenplay (Melhor Argumento): winner
- 2003Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
- 2003Audience Award-Best International Film: winner
- 2003Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
- 2004Grand Prize-Feature Film: winner
- 2004Film Discovery Jury Award-Best Screenplay: winner
- 2004VIFVF Award-Best Feature: winner
- 2005Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
- 2009EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
- 2009British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2009Audience Choice Award-Feature Film: winner
- 2009Audience Award-Favorite World Feature: winner
- 2009Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2009Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Dramatic: nominated
- 2009Audience Award-World Cinema - Dramatic: winner
- 2010David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: nominated
- 2010Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
- 2010EFA People's Choice Award-: nominated
- 2010FCCA Award-Best Foreign Film - English Language: nominated
- 2010Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
- 2011Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
- 2011Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): winner
- 2011Gopo Award-Best European Film: nominated
- 2014Black Pearl Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
- 2017Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
- 2019Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: nominated
- 2023Robert-Best TV Series (Årets tv-serie): nominated
- 2023Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
- 2023Seminci Joven Award-Best Feature Film: winner
- 2024Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Spanish Film (Millor pel·lícula espanyola): nominated