Bille August
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 9, 1948
Biography
Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.
Movies with Bille August
- Heart of the Festival 2002 · ★ 6.7
- Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard 2023 · ★ 8.0
- Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood 1989
Movies directed by Bille August
- The House of the Spirits 1993 · ★ 6.9
- Les Misérables 1998 · ★ 7.2
- Night Train to Lisbon 2013 · ★ 6.5
- Smilla's Sense of Snow 1997 · ★ 6.3
- The Chinese Widow 2017 · ★ 7.2
- 55 Steps 2018 · ★ 6.7
- A Fortunate Man 2018 · ★ 6.7
- Return to Sender 2004 · ★ 6.4
- Pelle the Conqueror 1987 · ★ 7.3
- Goodbye Bafana 2007 · ★ 6.9
- To Each His Own Cinema 2007 · ★ 6.4
- Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction 2023 · ★ 6.0
- The Best Intentions 1992 · ★ 7.0
- Silent Heart 2014 · ★ 6.6
- Zappa 1983 · ★ 7.0
- The Kiss 2022 · ★ 6.5
- Buster's World 1984 · ★ 6.7
- Marie Kroyer 2012 · ★ 6.2
- Twist and Shout 1984 · ★ 6.8
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence 1999 · ★ 5.8
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid 2000 · ★ 5.8
- A Song for Martin 2001 · ★ 5.6
- The Pact 2021 · ★ 6.4
- Jerusalem 1996 · ★ 7.3
- In My Life 1978 · ★ 4.4
- May 1983 · ★ 9.0