Lone Scherfig

Lone Scherfig
Scherfig at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	2 May 1959 Copenhagen

Lone Scherfig (born May 2, 1959) is a Danish film director. She graduated Danish Film School in 1984, and began her career as a director with Kaj's fødselsdag "A Birthday Trip". She is part of the Dogme 95 film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere, 2000), a romantic comedy which among its many international awards won the Silver Berlin Bear (Jury Prize) at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival. It is credited as the most profitable Scandinavian film to date.

Most recently she's directed An Education (2009), based on an autobiographical article by British journalist Lynn Barber. The independent film was nominated for three of the 82nd Academy Awards.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Margrethes elsker	Director	Television film
1990	Kaj's fødselsdag	Director	Won Club Espace Award Rouen Nordic Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize Rouen Nordic Film Festival
1993	Den gode lykke	Director	Television film
1994	Flemming og Berit	Director	6 episodes
1997	Taxa	Director	Television series
1997	Taxa	Writer	2 episodes
1998	Når mor kommer hjem	Writer, director	Won – Cinekid Film Award
2000	Morten Korch – Ved stillebækken	Writer, director	11 episodes
2000	Italian for Beginners	Writer, director	20 awards
2002	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Writer, director	Won 11 awards
2005	Krøniken	Director	1 episode
2006	Red Road	Characters
2007	Hjemve	Writer, director
2009	An Education	Director	Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay
2009	Rounding Up Donkeys	Characters
2011	One Day	Director

External links

• Lone Scherfig at the Internet Movie Database
• Podcast interview with Lone Scherfig, The Women's International Perspective – www.thewip.net, November 2009
• An Education Director Lone Scherfig on Adapting Nick Hornby and Casting Carey Mulligan
• Exclusive: Nick Hornby & Lone Scherfig on An Education
• Lone Scherfig on An Education Video clip
• Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself Trailer
• Lone Scherfig – Rotten Tomatoes Profile
• THE Q&A: LONE SCHERFIG, FILMMAKER
• 'An Education' director Lone Scherfig doesn't go by the book
• Guest Post: Feminist Mom Approved “An Education” by Rachel Feldman "Women & Hollywood from a feminist perspective"
• Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies