Bille August

Bille August (born 1948) is a Danish film and television director.

Selected productions:

• Pelle Erobreren[?] (1987, Pelle the Conqueror)
  • based on a novel by Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø[?]
  • won the Golden Palm[?] at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

• Den gode vilje[?] (1991, The Best Intentions)
  • script by Ingmar Bergman.
  • won the Golden Palm[?] at the Cannes Film Festival.

• Jerusalem[?] (1996)
  • based on a novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.

• The House of Spirits[?] (1993)
  • based on a novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende.

• Smilla's Sense of Snow[?] (1997)
  • based on a novel by Danish author Peter Høeg.

• Les Miserables[?] (1998?)
  • based on a novel by French author Victor Hugo.

• En sang for Martin[?] (2001, A Song for Martin)