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Susanne Bier

1960 - Today

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Susanne Bier (Danish: [suˈsænə ˈpiɐ̯ˀ]; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager). Bier made her feature film debut with Freud's Leaving Home (1991). She has directed a string of films including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006), and In a Better World (2010), where After the Wedding earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susanne Bier is the 546th most popular film director (down from 469th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Susanne Bier ranks 546 out of 2,041. Before her are George P. Cosmatos, Alexander Kluge, Renato Castellani, Hong Sang-soo, Amos Gitai, and Oliver Hirschbiegel. After her are André Hunebelle, Juraj Jakubisko, László Benedek, René Laloux, Gorō Miyazaki, and Kim Jee-woon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Susanne Bier ranks 132. Before her are Benigno Aquino III, Angélique Kidjo, Tony Goldwyn, Werner Faymann, Timothy Hutton, and Hong Sang-soo. After her are Jennifer Rush, Michael Stipe, Tony Robbins, Abdellatif Kechiche, Jane Lynch, and Eric Betzig.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Susanne Bier ranks 276 out of 1,032. Before her are Hans Tausen (1494), Peter Høeg (1957), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), Kaj Munk (1898), Emil Aarestrup (1800), and Jens Otto Krag (1914). After her are Estrid Svendsdatter (990), Henry Hansen (1902), Laurits Tuxen (1853), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), and Per Kirkeby (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Susanne Bier ranks 6. Before her are Lars von Trier (1956), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), and Thomas Vinterberg (1969). After her are 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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