Janus Metz Pedersen

Metz worked as a documentary researcher and moved to South Africa. There he worked on the television drama Soul City before making his debut documentary short Township Boys in 2006. His feature documentaries include Love on Delivery and Ticket to Paradise. These two films are a two-part series depicting women in a situation of mail-ordered brides from Vietnam and Thailand to Denmark.

In 2010, Pedersen directed Armadillo.

In 2015, Pedersen directed the third episode, "Maybe Tomorrow", of the second season of True Detective, starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, and Vince Vaughn.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s232/true-detective/feature/a630037/everything-we-know-about-true-detective-season-2-including-cast-synopsis-and-new-trailers.html|title=Everything we know about True Detective season 2, including cast, synopsis and new trailers|work=Digital Spy|first=Emma|last=Dibdin|date=June 11, 2015|accessdate=June 16, 2015}}

Metz directed the 2017 film Borg vs McEnroe.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/kultur/film/bjorn-borgs-liv-blir-film|title=Björn Borgs liv blir film|first1=Sandra|last1=Stiskalo|date=May 4, 2016|work=SVT|language=Swedish|accessdate=October 7, 2016}}

After this Metz returned to the documentaries by making Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018) about more than 900 Thai women married to men in a small region of Denmark.

He directed three episodes of ZeroZeroZero, which premiered on Sky Atlantic, Italy, in February 2020.{{Cite news |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=April 20, 2018 |title=Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Amazon Board Crime Series 'ZeroZeroZero' From 'Gomorrah' Team |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andrea-riseborough-dane-dehaan-board-cocaine-crime-series-zerozerozero-gomorrah-team-1104388/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}

He was the director of the Amazon production All the Old Knives, released in 2022, an American spy thriller film written by Olen Steinhauer.

In 2025, he directed three critically acclaimed episodes of the second season of Andor.{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Amy |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Trailer: 'Andor' season 2 returns and Diego Luna is ready for a revolution |url=https://abc13.com/post/trailer-andor-season-2-returns-diego-luna-is-ready-revolution/15952420/ |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=ABC13 Houston}}

• Winner at BFI London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Shaken's Stars.
• Official selection of Brisbane International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.

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