thomas vinterberg

Director, scriptwriter

Thomas Vinterberg was born in Copenhagen in 1969. In 1993 he finished his studies at the National Danish Film School with his film SIDSTE OMGANG (LAST ROUND - SHORT), which received the Jury Prize at the Munich Student Film Festival, as well as the first prize at the Tel Aviv Film Festival. This film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film section. In the same year he directed another short film, DRENGEN DER GIK BAGLENS (THE BOY WHO WALKED BACKWARDS) (1994), awarded in numerous festivals. In 1995 he founded the DOGME 95 movement, together with the danish director Lars Von Trier, Zentropa. After his first feature film, DE STØRSTE HELTE, (THE GREATEST HEROES) directed in 1996, he directed FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION) in 1997, presented in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 which won the Jury Prize. In 2003 he directed his third feature film IT?S ALL ABOUT LOVE, (the first in English language) and directed DEAR WENDY in 2005 based on a script written by Lars Von Trier.  

1993 SIDSTE OMGANG (LAST ROUND) short        

1994 DRENGEN DER GIK BAGLAENS (THE BOY WHO WALKED BACKWARDS) short    

1996 DE STØRSTE HELTE (THE GREATEST HEROES sorti en 2000)     

1998 FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION)

2003 IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE

2005 DEAR WENDY

2007 EN MAND KOMMER HJEM (A MAN COMES HOME)    

2010 SUBMARINO 

2012 JAGTEN