About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1960-04-15
Place of birth:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Website:
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Susanne Bier

Overview

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).

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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Known for

Acting

2022 Dansk films bedste Actor Self 70
Good
2020 The Idiots Who Started The Party Actor Herself 59
Average
1992 Letter to Jonas Actor N/A
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Directing

2018 Bird Box Directing Director 67
Fair
2014 Serena Directing Director 56
Average
2014 A Second Chance Directing Director 60
Fair
2012 Love Is All You Need Directing Director 59
Average
2010 In a Better World Directing Director 64
Fair
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Directing Director 61
Fair
2006 After the Wedding Directing Director 64
Fair
2004 Brothers Directing Director 60
Fair
2002 Open Hearts Directing Director 60
Fair
2000 Once in a Lifetime Directing Director 58
Average
1999 The One and Only Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Credo Directing Director 58
Average
1995 Like It Never Was Before Directing Director 58
Average
1993 Family Matters Directing Director 58
Average
1992 Letter to Jonas Directing Director N/A
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1991 Freud Leaving Home Directing Director 58
Average
Practical Magic 2 Directing Director N/A
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Writing

2014 A Second Chance Writing Story 60
Fair
2012 Love Is All You Need Writing Story 59
Average
2009 Brothers Writing Writer 71
Good
2006 After the Wedding Writing Story 64
Fair
2004 Brothers Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1997 Credo Writing Screenplay 58
Average

Production

2024 The Perfect Couple Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2023 Bird Box Barcelona Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2022 The First Lady Production Executive Producer 66
Fair
2020 The Undoing Production Executive Producer 73
Good
2018 Bird Box Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
2016 The Night Manager Production Executive Producer 77
Good
2014 Serena Production Producer 56
Average
2002 The One and Only Production Executive Producer 58
Average

Crew

1989 Notes on Love Crew Additional Writing 58
Average