Bille August
Known for directing · Born 9 November 1948 · 77
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Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.
Known for
The House of the Spirits
1993
Les Misérables
1998
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
The Chinese Widow
2017
A Fortunate Man
2018
55 Steps
2018
Return to Sender
2004
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
Goodbye Bafana
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992