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Susanne Bier

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Susanne Bier

Born April 15, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark17 films

Susanne Bier (Danish: [suˈsænə ˈpiɐ̯ˀ]; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager).

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Bier debuted her feature film with Freud's Leaving Home (1991). She directed a string of films, including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding(2006), and In a Better World (2010), the later of which earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Love Is All You Need (2012), Serena (2014), and Bird Box(2018).

She directed the BBC One / AMC miniseries The Night Manager (2016) on television, earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. She also directed the HBO psychological miniseries The Undoing (2020), the Showtime historical anthology series The First Lady (2022), and the Netflix mystery series, The Perfect Couple (2024).

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In a Better World posterFirst watchIn a Better World20107.1The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.View film

Essential films

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Bird Box poster6.8Bird Box2018After the Wedding poster7.1After the Wedding2006Things We Lost in the Fire poster6.6Things We Lost in the Fire2007Serena poster5.6Serena2014Open Hearts poster7.1Open Hearts2002Love Is All You Need poster6.0Love Is All You Need2012A Second Chance poster6.6A Second Chance2015Brothers poster6.8Brothers2004

Filmography

17 films as director
  1. 2026Practical Magic 2Director
  2. 2018Bird BoxDirector
  3. 2015A Second ChanceDirector
  4. 2014SerenaDirector
  5. 2012Love Is All You NeedDirector
  6. 2010In a Better WorldDirector
  7. 2007Things We Lost in the FireDirector
  8. 2006After the WeddingDirector
  9. 2004BrothersDirector
  10. 2002Open HeartsDirector
  11. 2000Once in a LifetimeDirector
  12. 1999The One and OnlyDirector
  13. 1997CredoDirector
  14. 1995Like It Never Was BeforeDirector
  15. 1993Family MattersDirector
  16. 1992Letter to JonasDirector
  17. 1991Freud Leaving HomeDirector