Biography

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

★6.9

The House of the Spirits

1993

★7.2

Les Misérables

1998

★6.5

Night Train to Lisbon

2013

★6.4

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

★7.2

The Chinese Widow

2017

★6.7

A Fortunate Man

2018

★6.4

Return to Sender

2004

★6.7

55 Steps

2018

★7.3

Pelle the Conqueror

1987

★6.9

Goodbye Bafana

2007

★6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

★6.5

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992

★6.0

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction

2023

★7.0

The Best Intentions

1992