Jesper W. Nielsen

Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director[1] and editor, known for films like The Bouncer,[2] Okay,[3][4] and Pagten.[5][6][7] He also wrote the 2008 series Sommer with Karina Dam.[8]

Jesper W. Nielsen
Born (1962-08-15) 15 August 1962
Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationDirector

In 1989, Nielsen graduated as a film editor from Den Danske Filmskole and edited feature films by Anders Refn, Thomas Vinterberg and Erik Clausen.[9] Nielsen became noted as a director of children's films, such as Retfærdigheden rytter (1989), The Last Viking (1997) and Forbudt for børn (1998).[9] In 2003, Nielsen made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film Okay for which Nielsen was awarded the Dreyer Award.[9]

Filmography
List of films and television shows directed
Title Year Notes
Ligusterkrigeren 1987 Short film
Retfærdighedens rytter 1989
Hjerter i slør (Veiled Hearts) 1992
Buldermanden 1996 Short film
The Last Viking 1997
Southern Comfort 1997
Ogginoggen 1997 Short film
Forbudt for børn (Little Big Sister) 1998
Okay 2002
The Bouncer 2003
Store planer! 2005
I et speil, i en gåte 2008
Pagten 2009 TV series
Lykke (Happy Life) 2011–12
Borgen 2011–13 TV series
Badehotellet 2014 TV series
Dicte 2014 TV series
The Day Will Come 2016 Winner: Filmfest Hamburg Commerzbank Audience Award
Redwater 2017 TV series
Greyzone 2018 TV series
Undtagelsen 2019

References
  1. "Danish born director Jesper W. Nielsen". nfi.no. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. "Danish stars line up for Nielsen's Bouncer". screendaily.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. "OKAYReviewed by Sheila Johnston in Locarno Screened in competition Dir: Jesper W Nielsen. Denmark. 2002. 95mins". screendaily.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. "while Okay and Open Hearts dominate Danish Oscar nominations". screendaily.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. "The multi-award winning Danish director/writer Jesper Nielsen". smatalent.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. "JESPER W. NIELSEN". mubi.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  7. "Danish director scores production hat trick". screendaily.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. Sommer from Settet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  9. Schepelern, Peter (17 February 2003). "THE DREYER AWARD 2003: OLESEN AND NIELSEN" (in Danish). Den Danske Filminstitut.


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