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Bille August

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Bille August R. (Danish: [ˈpilə ˈɑwkɔst]; born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. He is one of only ten directors to win the Palme d'Or twice, winning the award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. His filmography includes The House of the Spirits, based on the novel by Isabel Allende; Smilla's Sense of Snow; Les Misérables; Night Train to Lisbon, Silent Heart, The Chinese Widow and A Fortunate Man. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bille August is the 144th most popular film director (up from 164th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Film Director.

Bille August is most famous for being a Danish film director. He is known for directing the films Pelle the Conqueror, The House of the Spirits, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bille August ranks 144 out of 2,041. Before him are Jonathan Demme, Jiří Menzel, Michael Powell, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Sergei Bondarchuk, and Volker Schlöndorff. After him are Jim Jarmusch, Nikita Mikhalkov, Wong Kar-wai, Ang Lee, Robert Benton, and Erich von Stroheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bille August ranks 66. Before him are Peter Turkson, Phylicia Rashad, Maye Musk, Claude Jade, Ian Paice, and Arie Haan. After him are Ian McEwan, Hartmut Michel, Siim Kallas, William Daniel Phillips, Ray Kurzweil, and Carl Weathers.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Bille August ranks 105 out of 1,032. Before him are John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), and Georg Brandes (1842). After him are Sophia Brahe (1556), Sven Hassel (1917), Christopher II of Denmark (1276), Christina of Denmark (1521), Absalon (1128), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Bille August ranks 3. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956), and Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889). After him are Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Benjamin Christensen (1879).

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