Jesper W. Nielsen

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Jesper W. Nielsen
Born1962 (age 6162)
Denmark
Occupation Director

Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director, known for Okay (2003) , The Day Will Come (2016), and several TV series.

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Early life and education

Nielsen was born in 1962, and in 1989 graduated as a film editor from the Den Danske Filmskole (Danish Film School). [1] [2]

Career

Early in his career, Nielsen edited feature films by Anders Refn, Thomas Vinterberg and Erik Clausen. [2] He then became noted as a director of children's films, such as Retfærdigheden rytter (1989), The Last Viking (1997) and Forbudt for børn (1998). [2]

In 2003, he made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film Okay , for which he was awarded the Dreyer Award. [2] [3] [4] He is also known the film The Bouncer, [5] and the TV series Pagten . [6] [7] [8]

He also wrote the 2008 series Sommer with Karina Dam. [9]

Filmography

List of films and television shows directed
TitleYearNotes
Ligusterkrigeren1987Short film
Retfærdighedens rytter1989
Hjerter i slør (Veiled Hearts)1992
Buldermanden1996Short film
The Last Viking 1997
Southern Comfort1997
Ogginoggen1997Short film
Forbudt for børn (Little Big Sister)1998
Okay 2002
The Bouncer2003
Store planer!2005
I et speil, i en gåte 2008
Pagten 2009TV series
Lykke (Happy Life)2011–12
Borgen 2011–13TV series
Badehotellet 2014TV series
Dicte 2014TV series
The Day Will Come 2016Winner: Filmfest Hamburg Commerzbank Audience Award
Redwater 2017TV series
Greyzone2018TV series
Undtagelsen (The Exception)2019 Thriller film, based on Christian Jungersen's 2004 novel [10]

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