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.
Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or
Known For
The House of the Spirits
(1993)
Director
Les Misérables
(1998)
Director
Night Train to Lisbon
(2013)
Director
55 Steps
(2018)
Director
Goodbye Bafana
(2007)
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
Director
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
(2023)
Director
A Fortunate Man
(2018)
Director
The Best Intentions
(1992)
Director
Pelle the Conqueror
(1987)
Director
Return to Sender
(2004)
Director
The Chinese Widow
(2017)
Director
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Director
Silent Heart
(2014)
Director
The Kiss
(2022)
Director
Marie Kroyer
(2012)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
In My Life
(1978)
Director
Zappa
(1983)
Director
May
(1983)
Director
Twist and Shout
(1984)
Director
Busters verden
(1984)
Director
Pelle the Conqueror
(1987)
Director
The Best Intentions
(1992)
Director
The House of the Spirits
(1993)
Director
Jerusalem
(1996)
Director
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Director
Les Misérables
(1998)
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
(1999)
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
(2000)
Director
A Song for Martin
(2001)
Director
Return to Sender
(2004)
Director
Goodbye Bafana
(2007)
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
Director
The Last Dating Show
(2007)
Director
Marie Kroyer
(2012)
Director
Night Train to Lisbon
(2013)
Director
Silent Heart
(2014)
Director
The Chinese Widow
(2017)
Director
55 Steps
(2018)
Director
A Fortunate Man
(2018)
Director
The Pact
(2021)
Director
The Kiss
(2022)
Director
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
(2023)
Director
Acting
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
(1989)
Self
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
(2023)
Self
Camera
Hemåt i natten
(1977)
Director of Photography
Christiania
(1977)
Camera Operator
The Grass Is Singing
(1981)
Director of Photography
Crew
Writing