Bille August
Danish film director (born 1948)
3.78body-of-work score · ranked #294 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 9, 1948 · Brede
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, photographer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1987 · Sweden / Denmark · drama
Palme d'Or winner 1988 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1989 #9 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.973 citations - 2
1992 · Sweden · drama, romance
Palme d'Or winner 1992 · Sarris's annual top 10 1992 #2
1.822 citations
Complete filmography
All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1976
- 1978In My Life
- 1981
- 1982Zappa
- 1983Zappa
- 1984Busters verden
- 1984Twist and Shout
- 1987Pelle the Conqueror
- 1992The Best Intentions
- 1993The House of the Spirits
- 1996Jerusalem
- 1997Smilla's Sense of Snow
- 1998Les Misérables
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
- 2001A Song for Martin
- 2004Return to Sender
- 2007Goodbye Bafana
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema
- 2012The Passion of Marie
- 2013Night Train to Lisbon
- 2014Silent Heart
- 201755 Steps
- 2017The Chinese Widow
- 2018A Fortunate Man
- 2021The Pact
- 2022The Kiss
- 2023Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction