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FILM DIRECTOR

Bille August

1948 - Today

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Bille August RD (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed contemporary Danish filmmakers. August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bille August has received more than 414,324 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bille August is the 170th most popular film director (up from 176th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 113th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Film Director.

Bille August is most famous for being a Danish film director. He is known for directing the films Pelle the Conqueror, The House of the Spirits, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bille August ranks 170 out of 1,581. Before him are Nagisa Oshima, William Friedkin, Masaki Kobayashi, Alexander Dovzhenko, Jonathan Demme, and Kathryn Bigelow. After him are Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jesús Franco, Nikita Mikhalkov, Claude Lanzmann, Robert Aldrich, and Peter Weir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bille August ranks 57. Before him are Brian Eno, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Ian Paice, Powers Boothe, Patrizia Reggiani, and Edmund Kemper. After him are Abdulrazak Gurnah, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, William Gibson, Rory Gallagher, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Bille August ranks 106 out of 893. Before him are Georg Brandes (1842), Otto Jespersen (1860), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Absalon (1128), and Jens Christian Skou (1918). After him are Niels Gade (1817), Hans Christian Gram (1853), Harald Bohr (1887), Sophia Brahe (1556), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), and Allan Simonsen (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Bille August ranks 3. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956) and Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889). After him are Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), and Jørgen Leth (1937).

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Filmography

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