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- Biography: Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. Most of his projects have been in co-operation with Swedish production and with a mainly Swedish cast. He was partially educated in Sweden and also married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to... Read more
Filmography
- Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
- Goodbye Bafana (2007)
- Return to Sender (2005)
- Detaljer (2003)
- En Sång för Martin (A Song for Martin) (2001)
- Bernd Eichinger - wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (2000)
- Misérables, Les (1998)
- I Love You, I Love You Not (1997)
- Jerusalem (1997)
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
- The House of the Spirits (1994)
- Den Goda viljan (1992)
News
CANNES -- Academy Award and two-time Palme d'Or winner Bille August is teaming with fellow Dane Lone Scherfig for his new film "Heaven on Earth," which will be produced by German shingle Amusement Park Films and Danish firms Zentropa and... ... Full Article
The final list of projects selected also includes Mary's Ride from Thomas Imbach; The Ardor from Pablo Fendrik and The Book Of Internal Grammar from Nir Bergman. ... Full Article
Corsan slate includes Billie August film
variety.com –
2008-11-08
Belgian shingle Corsan has put together a slate of English-language movies including the next projects by Lee Tamahori, Roland Joffe and two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner Bille August. ... Full Article
Today in History
gazette.com –
2008-11-04
In 1953, author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39. In 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as a series of power failures lasting up to 13½ hours left 30 million people in seven states and part of... ... Full Article
IN "A Song for Martin," the love that ignites between Martin, a composer and conductor, and Barbara, his first violinist, is so strong, unfiltered and joyful, you're afraid to hope for too much. ... Full Article
Movie Details
mtv.com –
1998-05-01
Bille August directed this Rafael Yglesias adaptation of the 1862 classic by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) about the quest of Inspector Javert to capture escaped convict Jean Valjean, originally an honest man who was jailed for stealing a single loaf of... ... Full Article


Ich bien Bille August
Jensen Tonajt - Bille August
Bille August afbryder DR2 Deadline-interview (2003)
Bille August no Odeon
