Susanne Bier (born 15 April 1960) is a Danish film director best known for her feature films Brothers, After the Wedding and the Academy-Award-winning In a Better World.
[edit] Life and work
Susanne Bier was born to Jewish parents in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied art and architecture at Jerusalem University prior to her acceptance to the National Film School of Denmark from where she graduated in 1987. She went on to direct various films in Denmark and Sweden, her first commercial success being the romantic comedy The One and Only in 1999. Later films include Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006) and In a Better World (2010) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) is her only American film to date, however it was recently announced that she will direct the American adaptation of Rapt.[1]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Reputation
Bier has been praised as being a director capable of making films that appeal to an international market (although she has yet to make a successful transition to Hollywood filmmaking). This is reflected by the fact that After the Wedding (2006) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and In a Better World (2010) went on to win the award.[2] In her native Denmark, however, her films are often considered overly commercial and lacking in artistic value.[3]
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Bier, Susanne |
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15 April 1960 |
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
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