Directing
Bille August
Nov 9, 1948 (77 years)
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.
Known for
7.2
Les Misérables
Director
6.9
The House of the Spirits
Screenplay, Director
7.9
The Count of Monte Cristo
Creator
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Director
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Director
6.4
Return to Sender
Director
6.4
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Director
7.2
The Chinese Widow
Director
6.7
55 Steps
Director
6.7
A Fortunate Man
Director, Screenplay
7.3
Pelle the Conqueror
Director, Screenplay
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
6.0
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Director
6.9
Goodbye Bafana
Director
7.0
The Best Intentions
Director
Filmography
Me, You
Director
7.9
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025 · Creator
8.0
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
2023 · Self
6.0
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
2023 · Director
6.5
The Kiss
2022 · Director, Screenplay
6.4
The Pact
2021 · Director
6.7
55 Steps
2018 · Director
6.7
A Fortunate Man
2018 · Director, Screenplay
6.3
A Fortunate Man
2018 · Screenplay, Director, Writer, Creator
mig og 60erne
2017
7.2
The Chinese Widow
2017 · Director
6.6
Silent Heart
2014 · Director
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 · Director
6.2
Marie Kroyer
2012 · Director
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director
6.9
Goodbye Bafana
2007 · Director
8.4
Klovn
2005 · Bille
6.4
Return to Sender
2004 · Director
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
5.5
A Song for Martin
2001 · Director, Writer, Producer
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Director
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999 · Director
7.2
Les Misérables
1998 · Director
6.4
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Director
Jerusalem
1997 · Creator
7.3
Jerusalem
1996 · Writer, Director
6.9
The House of the Spirits
1993 · Screenplay, Director
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Director
7.0
The Best Intentions
1992 · Director
7.0
The Best Intentions
1991 · Director