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Lone Scherfig

Birth Name:
Lone Wrede Scherfig
Birth Place:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Script department
Lone Scherfig

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 AwardWinner
  • 1991Grand Jury PrizeWinner
  • 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 BearNominated
  • 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 DolphinWinner
  • 2001Audience Award - Best Fiction Feature Film/Video:Winner
  • 2001Public PrizeWinner
  • 2001International Jury Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2001Golden Spike - Best Film:Winner
  • 2001Youth Jury Award - Official Section:Winner
  • 2001Audience AwardWinner
  • 2002Special Jury PrizeWinner
  • 2003Bodil - Best Film (Bedste danske film):Nominated
  • 2003British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2003Robert - Best Director (Årets instruktør):Nominated
  • 2003Emden Film AwardNominated
  • 2003Golden DolphinNominated
  • 2003FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 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 FilmNominated
  • 2010EFA People's Choice AwardNominated
  • 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
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