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Amaryllis August
Amaryllis April Maltha August Is a Danish actress. She had the lead role in the television series ''Families like Ours'' (2024). She is the daughter of Danish filmmaker Bille August. Career August had a desire to pursue acting from a young age, but was considering a career in journalism as she felt she was too shy for an acting career. She had her first big on-screen acting part with the leading role of Laura, a high school student facing a heart-breaking dilemma in the near-future amidst a meteorological crisis, in Danish television series ''Families like Ours'' co-written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, having been awarded the part over a four-month casting process involving 13 call-backs during most of which her parentage was unknown to the production crew after first auditioning for the role whilst still a student. She attended the premiere for the series at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. Under Vinterberg's guidance she trained in boxing for three months for the role to hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bille August
Bille August (; born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film ''Pelle the Conqueror'' won the , Academy Awards, Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award. He is one of only ten directors to win the twice, winning the award again in 1992 for ''The Best Intentions'', based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. His filmography includes ''The House of the Spirits (film), The House of the Spirits'', based on the novel by Isabel Allende; ''Smilla's Sense of Snow (film), Smilla's Sense of Snow''; ''Les Misérables (1998 film), Les Misérables''; ''Night Train to Lisbon (film), Night Train to Lisbon'', ''Silent Heart'', ''The Chinese Widow'' and ''A Fortunate Man''. He has received five Robert Awards (including Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, Best Film and Robert Award for Best Director, Best Director) and three Bodil Awards for Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, Best Danish Film. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba August
1993 births Living people Actresses from Copenhagen Danish film actresses Danish television actresses English-language singers from Sweden Swedish child actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses 21st-century Danish actresses 21st-century Swedish actresses Bille August Alba Adèle August (born 6 June 1993) is a Danish-Swedish actress and singer. The daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress-director Pernilla August, she is known for playing a young Astrid Lindgren in the 2018 film '' Becoming Astrid'' (2018). She also starred in the post-apocalyptic Netflix series The Rain (2018–2020) and The Nanny in ' (2021–2025). Early life and education Alba Adèle August was born 6 June 1993 in Copenhagen. She is the daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress and director Pernilla August, who divorced in 1997. August was raised in Sweden. Her older sister Asta Kamma August is also an actress. On her father's side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asta Kamma August
Asta Kamma August (born 5 November 1991) is a Swedish-Danish actress. She starred in '' The Hypnosis'' (2023), which earned her a nomination for Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Early life Asta Kamma August was born in Danderyd, Sweden, on 5 November 1991. She is the daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress Pernilla August. She is the sister of actress Alba August and seven other half-siblings, including screenwriter Anders August. August grew up mainly in Österlen and Stockholm. Career August made her acting debut in a small role in Erik Wedersøe's feature film ''Anna'' in 2000, followed by a role in her mother Pernilla August's short film ''Time-Bomb''. She graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2017. She played the role of Ophelia in the ''Hamlet'' production at the Vendsyssel Theater, Hjørring, Denmark. She was awarded Lauritzen Fondens Believe in You at the 2018 Lauritzen Award. She also was honored with R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders August
Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Denmark, Danish screenwriter for film and television. Career After graduating from the National Film School of Denmark in 2007, August wrote the short film ''Grisen'' (''The Pig''). It was nominated for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, Oscar in 2009. In 2011 he won the Danish film- and television industry's biggest award, The Nordisk Film Award. He has written several episodes of Danish prime-time television as well as feature films, most notably ''Applause'', which won numerous awards for main actress Paprika Steen in 2010, and the comedy ''SuperClásico'', short-listed for an Oscar in 2012. His biopic ''Dirch, A Funny Man'' (2011) was the biggest local box-office hit in Denmark the year it was released. Both it and ''SuperClásico'' earned him nominations for a Danish Academy Award, the Robert Award as best screenwriter. (The award went to Lars Von Trier for ''Melancholia (2011 film), Melancholia''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Families Like Ours
''Families like Ours'' () is a 2024 drama television miniseries co-written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 31 August 2024 and began airing on TV 2 on 20 October 2024. Premise Due to rising sea levels, Laura and her family must navigate a nationwide evacuation of their native Denmark. Cast * Amaryllis August as Laura * Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt as Elías * Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jacob, Laura's father, an architect * Paprika Steen as Fanny, Laura's mother, a journalist * as Amalie, Laura's stepmother * Esben Smed as Nikolaj, Amalie's brother and Laura's uncle * Magnus Millang as Henrik, Nikolaj's husband * Thomas Bo Larsen as Holger, Fanny's brother and Laura's uncle * David Dencik as Peter, Henrik's brother * Max Kaysen Høyrup as Lucas * Asta Kamma August as Christel, Lucas's mother Episodes Production Thomas Vinterberg conceived the idea for the series in 2017 while working abroad in Paris. He took inspiration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films '' The Celebration'' (1998), '' Submarino'' (2010), '' The Hunt'' (2012), '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (2015), and '' Another Round'' (2020). For ''Another Round'' he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, the first Danish filmmaker nominated in the Best Director category. Early life and education Vinterberg was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. In 1993, he graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with ' (''Sidste omgang''), which won the jury and producers' awards at the Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München, and First Prize at Tel Aviv. Career In 1993 Vinterberg made his first TV drama for DR TV and his short fiction film ', produced by at Nimbus Film. The film won awards at the 1994 Nordisk Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serial (literature), serials, including ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''The Three Musketeers'', ''Twenty Years After'' and ''The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later''. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He wrote numerous magazine essay, articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (2024 TV Series)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a 2024 English-language miniseries directed by Bille August and starring Sam Claflin, based on Alexandre Dumas's book of the same name. Plot Unjustly accused of treason, young French sailor Edmond Dantès is imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a gloomy island fortress off the coast of Marseille. During years of imprisonment, a fellow prisoner, a scholarly abbot, educates Edmond in multiple subjects. Before dying, the abbot reveals where a vast treasure is hidden on a deserted island. Edmond escapes and, finding the treasure, assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo. He uses his wealth to enact revenge against his betrayers. Cast Production It is produced by Mediawan with Palomar in Italy and DEMD Productions in France, and in association with Entourage Ventures. Producer Carlo Degli Esposti, co-founder of Italian production company Palomar, says: He also states that adaptations of the classics have often been criticize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Claflin
Samuel George Claflin (; born 27 June 1986) is a British actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (2011). Claflin gained wider recognition for playing Finnick Odair in ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2013–2015) and for his starring roles in the romantic films '' Love, Rosie'' (2014) and '' Me Before You'' (2016). He has since starred in the films '' Adrift'' (2018) and '' The Nightingale'' (2018), and portrayed Oswald Mosley in the television series '' Peaky Blinders'' (2019–2022), Mycroft Holmes in the mystery film '' Enola Holmes'' (2020), and singer Billy Dunne in the musical drama series '' Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). The last of these earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Early life Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, to Mark, a finance officer, and Sue Claflin (née C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, being one of the few actors who has achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. Irons received classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and started his acting career on stage in 1969. He appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare plays ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Macbeth'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', and ''Richard II''. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's '' The Real Thing'', receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. His first major film role came in ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), for which he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor nomination. After starring in dramas such as '' Moonlighting'' (1982), ''Betrayal'' (1983), '' The Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Living People
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