Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director, known for ''

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'' (2003) , ''

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'' (2016), and several TV series.

Early life and education

Nielsen was born in 1962, and in 1989 graduated as a

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from the

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(Danish Film School).

Career

Early in his career, Nielsen edited feature films by

Anders Refn Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director. Biography Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1969. He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as a 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Re ...

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 Cele ...

and

Erik Clausen Erik Clausen (7 March 1942 – 30 October 2024) was a Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed fourteen films from 1981. His 2007 film '' Temporary Release'' was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival The ...

. He then became noted as a director of children's films, such as ''Retfærdigheden rytter'' (1989), ''The Last Viking'' (1997) and ''Forbudt for børn'' (1998). In 2003, he made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film ''

'', for which he was awarded the Dreyer Award. He is also known the film ''The Bouncer'', and the TV series ''

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''. He also wrote the 2008 series ''

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'' with Karina Dam.Sommer from Settet.dk (in Danish).
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Filmography

References

External links

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