Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Bille August
Directing
Career Snapshot
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1.2
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Movies: 33Series: 11Crew credits: 38
TMDB ID: 19684
IMDb ID: nm0000806
Known for: Directing
Born: November 9, 1948
Age: 77
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2025
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q315062
Other jobs
Director (29)Director of Photography (3)Creator (2)Camera Operator (1)Cinematography (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Bille August.
6.1
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Director
2023 Movie
8.0
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
as Self
2023 Movie
6.6
The Kiss
Director
2022 Movie
6.4
The Pact
Director
2021 Movie
6.8
A Fortunate Man
Director
2018 Movie
6.7
55 Steps
Director
2018 Movie
7.2
The Chinese Widow
Director
2017 Movie
6.6
Silent Heart
Director
2014 Movie
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Director
2013 Movie
6.1
Marie Kroyer
Director
2012 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.9
Goodbye Bafana
Director
2007 Movie
6.3
Return to Sender
Director
2004 Movie
5.4
A Song for Martin
Director
2001 Movie
5.7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Director
2000 Movie
5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Director
1999 Movie
7.2
Les Misérables
Director
1998 Movie
6.3
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Director
1997 Movie
7.2
Jerusalem
Writer
1996 Movie
6.9
The House of the Spirits
Screenplay
1993 Movie
7.0
The Best Intentions
Director
1992 Movie
7.3
Pelle the Conqueror
Director
1987 Movie
6.6
Twist and Shout
Director
1984 Movie
6.5
Busters verden
Director
1984 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bille August.
7.8
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Dansk films bedste
as Sig selv • 6 eps
2022 Series
6.3
A Fortunate Man
Director • 4 eps
2018 Series
Meyerheim & stjernerne
as Sig selv • 1 eps
2018 Series
mig og 60erne
4 eps
2017 Series
8.5
Klovn
as Bille • 1 eps
2005 Series
Jerusalem
Creator
1997 Series
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Director • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.0
The Best Intentions
Director • 4 eps
1991 Series
10.0
Buster's World
Creator
1984 Series
5.5
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1981 Series