Anders Refn

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Anders Refn
Born (1944-04-08) 8 April 1944 (age 80)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation(s)Film editor and director
Years active1966–present
Children Nicolas Winding Refn

Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director. [1]

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Biography

Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1969. [2] He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as a 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Refn has often worked as assistant director and technical director, and worked with Lars von Trier as editor of Breaking the Waves (1996) and Antichrist (2009). He was assistant director of Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia , and Nymphomaniac (2013). [3] [4] [5]

Refn in 2004 was awarded an Honorary Bodil Award for his overall achievement in Danish film. [6]

Refn is married to cinematographer Vibeke Winding; they are parents of Nicolas Winding Refn, who has also become a director, editor, and producer. [7]

Filmography

WorkYearCreditNotes
The Loose Tile1966AssistantFeature
Flagermusen1966AssistantFeature
Virtue Runs Wild1966AssistantFeature
Pretty-Arne and Rosa1967Assistant directorFeature
Dreamers1967Assistant directorFeature
Dr. Glas1968Assistant editorFeature
Miss Julie1969EditingShort fiction
Jazz All Around1969Assistant directorFeature
Den gale dansker1969EditingFeature
Tintomara1970EditingFeature
Vilde engle – en minoritet i Danmark1971EditingDocumentary
The Squatters1971EditingDocumentary
Lost in the Sand1971EditingFeature
With Love1971EditingFeature
Dear Irene1971EditingFeature
The Case of the Missing Clerk1971Assistant directorFeature
The Work of the Devil1972EditingFeature
Mor, jeg har patienter1972EditingFeature
Karen1973EditingShort fiction
Er kongen død?1973EditingDocumentary
The Escape1973Assistant directorFeature
Sacked!1973Assistant directorFeature
Prince Piwi1974ScriptFeature
Sam på banegården1975EditingShort fiction
Arbejdsløs1975EditingDocumentary
The Impossible Hour1975EditingDocumentary
Hvid mands sæd1975EditingDocumentary
Klaus Rifbjerg1975EditingDocumentary
Strømer 1976DirectionFeature
Hearts Are Trump1976Assistant directorFeature
Terror1977EditingFeature
A Fisherman from Hanstholm1977EditingDocumentary
The Heritage 1978DirectionFeature
Me and Charly1978EditingFeature
Dancing Bournonville1979EditingDocumentary
Johnny Larsen1979EditingFeature
Next Stop – Paradise1980Editing supervisorFeature
Hotel of the Stars1981EditingDocumentary
Rubber Tarzan1981EditingFeature
The Circus Casablanca1981EditingFeature
Felix1982Editing supervisorFeature
Electric Boogie1983EditingDocumentary
Land of Plenty1983EditingFeature
Phoenix bird1984EditingDocumentary
Ophelia Comes to Town1985EditingFeature
De flyvende djævle  [ da; fr; sv ]1985DirectionFeature, Robert Award for Best Danish Film [8]
Kedsomhedens svøbe1986EditingDocumentary
Take It Easy1986EditingFeature
Een gang strømer...1987DirectionTV series
Heaven and Hell1988Director: 2. unitFeature
På optagelse med Steven Spielberg1990DirectionDocumentary
The Village1991DirectionTV series
Hayfever1991Assistant directorFeature
Il ritorno1992Assistant directorFeature
Black Harvest 1993DirectionFeature
Dad's Bright Idea1994Technical directorFeature
Carl, My Childhood Symphony 1994EditingFeature
Two Green Feathers1995EditingFeature
Breaking the Waves 1996EditorFeature
TAXA1997DirectionTV series
Seth1999DirectionShort fiction
The Magnetist's Fifth Winter  [ da; sv ]1999Editing supervisorFeature
Dancer in the Dark 2000Assisting directorFeature
Sophie's Heart2001EditingShort fiction
Stargazer2002ConsultantDocumentary
P.O.V. - Point of View  [ da ]2002EditingFeature
Baby2003EditingFeature
Move Me 2003Editing supervisorFeature
Dogville 2003Assisting directorFeature
Niceland 2004EditingFeature
Popular Music 2004EditingFeature
What's Wrong with This Picture? 2004EditingFeature
Hvorfor har mænd magten?  [ da ]2004EditingDocumentary
The Danish Solution  [ da ]2005EditingDocumentary
The Leap2005EditingFeature
Samurai2006Editing supervisorShort fiction
Out2006EditingShort fiction
Mrs Eilersen and Mehmet2006EditingShort fiction
Mother Dearest 2007EditingShort fiction
Echo 2007Editing supervisorFeature
Milosevic on Trial 2007EditingDocumentary
Ledsaget udgang 2007EditingFeature
My Black Little Heart2008EditorFeature
Am I Black Enough for You  [ sv ]2008EditingDocumentary
Max Manus: Man of War 2008EditingFeature
Necrobusiness  [ pl; sv ]2008EditingDocumentary
Go With Peace, Jamil 2008EditingFeature
Antichrist 2009EditorFeature
Limboland 2010EditingDocumentary
My Father from Haifa  [ da ]2010EditingDocumentary
Freedom on Parole 2010EditingFeature
Nothing's All Bad 2010Editing supervisorFeature
Pockets of Resistance  [ da ]2011ConsultantDocumentary
Thors saga  [ da ]2011EditingDocumentary
ID:A 2011EditorFeature
Beast  [ da ]2011Editing supervisorFeature
Karen Blixen – Behind Her Mask2011Editing supervisorDocumentary
The President2011Editing supervisorDocumentary
All for One 2011Editing supervisorFeature
Melancholia 2011Assisting directorFeature
Kon-Tiki 2012Editing supervisorFeature
Ginger & Rosa 2012Chief editorFeature
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal  [ fr ]2012Editing supervisorFeature
This life 2012Technical directorFeature
Tabu2012EditingShort fiction
Memories of My Melancholy Whores  [ ru ]2012EditingFeature
Nymphomaniac 2013Assisting directorFeature
What We Become 2015EditorFeature
Into the Darkness 2020DirectorFeature
The Middle Man 2021EditorFeature
Min fjendes fjende: Bedraget i Helmand2023EditorDocumentary
Diagnonsense2024EditorDocumentary
Sanningen 2023-2024Co-editorTV Series

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