Tobias Lindholm

Tobias Lindholm
Lindholm at the 2022 Montclair Film Festival
Born	(1977-07-05) 5 July 1977 (age 48) Næstved, Denmark
Education	National Film School of Denmark
Occupations	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Caroline Blanco
Children	3

Tobias Lindholm (born 5 July 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His 2015 directed film A War was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to A War, he has directed the films R (2010), A Hijacking (2012), and The Good Nurse (2022). He has also written for multiple films and TV series.

Early life

Lindholm was born in Næstved in 1977. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen in 2007.

Career

Lindholm first received attention for his work as a television writer on the popular Danish political TV-series Borgen , credited on all 20 episodes of the series' first two seasons, either as an episode writer or storyline contributor. Then, in 2011, Lindholm was awarded a special Bodil Award for having two feature films Submarino (as co-writer) and R (as director and writer) in competition for that year's Best Danish Film, which the latter movie also won. ^[1] His hostage drama A Hijacking (2012) premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section. ^[2]

He is also a frequent collaborator with film director Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films Submarino (2010), The Hunt (2012) and Another Round (2020)

Lindholm directed the 2015 drama A War (Danish : Krigen) about a Danish military company in Afghanistan that is captured by the Taliban, and the commander is accused of war crimes. ^[3] The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. ^[4]

Personal life

Lindholm is married to film producer Caroline Blanco with whom he has three sons. They live in Copenhagen. ^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2010	R	Yes	Yes
	Submarino	No	Yes
2012	The Hunt	No	Yes
	A Hijacking	Yes	Yes
2013	The Hour of the Lynx	No	Yes
2015	April 9th	No	Yes
	A War	Yes	Yes
2016	The Commune	No	Yes
2020	Another Round	No	Yes
2022	The Good Nurse	Yes	No

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded	Yes	No
2014	The Arms Drop	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2008	Sommer	No	Yes	3 episodes
2010-2011	Borgen	No	Yes	20 episodes
2016	Follow the Money	No	Yes	2 episodes
2017	Mindhunter	Yes	No	"Episode 5" and "Episode 6"
2020	The Investigation	Yes	No	6 episodes

References

1. "'R' er årets danske film". kino.dk.
2. "A Hijacking: Venice review". The Hollywood Reporter. September 3, 2012.
3. "Krigen". KINO.dk (in Danish).
4. Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 14 January 2016.
5. "BLÅ BOG: Tobias Lindholm er blevet hot i Hollywood" (in Danish). BT. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

Further reading

• Saito, Stephen. "Interview: Tobias Lindholm on Meeting the Demands of the Insanely Tense High Seas Thriller "A Hijacking"". Moveable Fest. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

External links

• Tobias Lindholm at IMDb