Birger Larsen (director)

{{Short description|Danish film director and screenwriter (1961–2016)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|12|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hvidovre, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|10|26|1961|12|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Denmark

| nationality = Danish

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| occupation = Film director and screenwriter

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| notable_works = Dance of the Polar Bears, Sweethearts, Crimes of Passion

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Birger Larsen (22 December 1961 – 26 October 2016) was a Danish film director and screenwriter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nordiskfilm.dk/Presse/Nyheder/Nekrolog-filminstruktor-Birger-Larsen/ |title=Nekrolog, filminstruktør Birger Larsen |publisher=Nordisk Film |language=da |access-date=27 October 2016}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.bt.dk/danmark/filminstruktoeren-birger-larsen-er-doed |title=Filminstruktøren Birger Larsen er død |newspaper=BT |language=da |access-date=27 October 2016}} He won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film for his 1990 film Dance of the Polar Bears ({{langx|da|Lad isbjørnene danse}}). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his film Sweethearts (1996). In 2013, he directed the first episode of Crimes of Passion.

Filmography

Film

Dance of the Polar Bears (1990)
{{ill|The Big Dipper (film)|lt=The Big Dipper|da|Karlsvognen (film)}} (1992)
One Step Behind (2005)
{{ill|SuperBrother|da|Superbror}} (2009)
{{ill|Those Who Kill – Shadow of the Past|da|Fortidens skygge}} (2012)

Short film

{{ill|Sweethearts (1996 film)|lt=Sweethearts|da|Ska' vi være kærester?|de|Sweethearts (1997, Dänemark)}} (1996)

TV movies

Længe leve friheden (1993)
Murder: Joint Enterprise (2012)

TV series

{{ill|Frihedens skygge|sv|Frihetens skugga}} (1994)
Taxa (1997)
Nikolaj og Julie (2002)
{{ill|Den 5:e kvinnan|de|Die fünfte Frau (2002)|sv}} (2002)
The Killing (2007)
Those Who Kill (2010)
Murder{{cite web |title=Murder: Series 1, The Third Voice |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072slkn |author= |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 March 2016}} (2016) (Episode "The Third Voice")

Other credits

scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Role
class="wikitable"
{{ill\|Wanna see my beautiful navel?\|da\|Vil du se min smukke navle?}}	1978	Claus
Beauty and the Beast	1983	Assistant lighting technician
The Element of Crime	1984	Best boy (2o unit)
Tonny Toupé show	1985	Billardspiller med solbriller
{{ill\|Emma's Shadow\|da\|Skyggen af Emma\|de\|Emmas Schatten\|fr\|L'Ombre d'Emma\|simple\|Emma's Shadow}}	rowspan=4\|1988	Assistant director
Holes in the Soup	Editor
{{ill\|Heaven and Hell (1988 film)\|lt=Heaven and Hell\|da\|Himmel og helvede (film)}}	2o unit director
{{ill\|Shower of Gold\|da\|Guldregn (film)\|de\|Goldregen (Film)}}	rowspan=2\| Assistant director
Love on the rails	1989
Eye of the Eagle	1997	rowspan=2\| 2o unit director
Skagerrak	2003

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0488715|Birger Larsen}}
{{DNFn|2720|Birger Larsen}}
{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/513snWrr09cz8vG8D8CBfW0/the-making-of-murder-behind-the-scenes-with-director-birger-larsen |title=BBC Two – Murder, Series 1, The Third Voice – The making of Murder: behind the scenes with director Birger Larsen |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020633/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/513snWrr09cz8vG8D8CBfW0/the-making-of-murder-behind-the-scenes-with-director-birger-larsen |archive-date=6 March 2016}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030125538/http://www.bodilprisen.dk/1991 Bodil award 1991]

Category:1961 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:Danish film directors

Category:Danish male screenwriters

Category:Recipients of the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize

Category:People from Hvidovre Municipality