Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in

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) is a Danish

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for film and television.

Career

After graduating from the

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in 2007, August wrote the short film ''Grisen'' (''The Pig''). It was nominated for an

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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

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in 2010, and the comedy ''

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'', short-listed for an Oscar in 2012. His

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'' A Funny Man'' (2011) was the biggest local box-office hit in Denmark the year it was released. Both it and ''

'' earned him nominations for a Danish Academy Award, the

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as best screenwriter. (The award went to

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for ''

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''). August has since written a number of episodes of Danish drama ''

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''. He also co-created a series a financial crime series called ''

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'' for the same network, DR. It premiered at the 2015

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. In 2015,

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announced they were developing a show created by August. He wrote the screenplay for the film '' Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction'' (2023), which was directed by his father,

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. It was adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel '' Ehrengard''.

Family

He is the son of Danish

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and

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and his first wife Annie Munksgård Lauritzen. His father divorced Annie and remarried twice more. During his teen years (13–19), his stepmother was actress

Pernilla August Pernilla August (; born 13 February 1958), also known as Pernilla Östergren Pernilla Wallgren, and Pernilla Wallgren-Östergren, is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. She was a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman and ...

, his father's third wife. She appeared in ''

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''. August's younger half-sister on his father’s side is Danish-Swedish actress and singer-songwriter

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References

External links

* * Channel 4 Bio

* Los Angeles Times review of '' Applause (2009 film), Applause'

* Anders F. August receives the "Nordisk Film Prisen

* SuperClàsico enters Oscar rac

* A Funny Man tops box-offic

* SuperClàsico on Oscar short lis

* Anders August to write screenplay about 1992 Danish Soccer Triumph

* Anders August to co-create "Follow the Money"

* BBC America announces development of Anders August show.

* {{DEFAULTSORT:August, Anders 1978 births Living people Danish male screenwriters Writers from Copenhagen Bille August