Susanne Bier Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Screen Story
Biography:: Director and occasional scriptwriter Susanne Bier essayed a series of helming assignments in her native Denmark during the late '90s and early 2000s, that clocked in as lucrative and popular enough to kick-start a highly respectable career for the filmmaker. Though Bier's credits officially date...Read More

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Things We Lost in the Fire

Crew: Director

Actors: Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alison Lohman, Omar Benson Miller

Synopsis: A woman who lost her husband in a random act of violence and a heroin addict who was a lifelong friend of the dearly departed discover that the beloved husband and friend's unfortunate passing is actually a blessing in disguise in Open Hearts director Susanne Bier's Dogme-style drama. When Read More

10/19/07
After the Wedding

Crew: Director, Screen Story

Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup

Synopsis: A multi-millionaire wants to know how much his money can really buy in this drama from Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier. Though born and raised in Denmark, Jacob Peterson (Mads Mikkelsen) has made a life for himself in India, where he runs an orphanage for homeless children. While Jacob cares little Read More

3/30/07
Brothers

Crew: Director, Screen Story

Actors: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Synopsis: Two brothers unwittingly exchange roles under the fog of war in this powerful drama. Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) and Jannick (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) are two brothers who have always meshed as well as oil and water. Michael is a caring husband and father who risen to the rank of major in the Danish Army Read More

5/6/05
Elsker Dig For Evigt

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard

Synopsis: Two people are brought together by a tragic accident in this emotional drama. Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Richter) are a couple in Copenhagen who've fallen deeply in love and have made plans to marry. One day, Joachim is severely injured in an auto accident when he's struck by a Read More

2/21/03
Livet Ar En Schlager

Crew: Director

Actors: Helena Bergström, Jonas Karlsson, Thomas Hanzon, Björn Kjellman, Johan Ulvesson

2000
Den Eneste En

Crew: Director

Actors: Niels Olsen, Sos Egelind, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rafael Edholm, Sofie Gråbøl

Synopsis: A big hit in its native Denmark, this feel-good romantic comedy is about sex, children, marriage, and infidelity. The film focuses on two married couples. Sus (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and her Italian husband Sonny (Rafael Edholm) are debating whether or not to have a child; he's eager to have one Read More

1999
Pensionat Oskar

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this Swedish black comedy based on a script by popular gay writer and standup-comic Jonas Gardell, the father of a family is inspired to pursue his true destiny after he takes his family to the Pensioniat Oskar and meets Petrus, a handsome handyman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1995
Det Bli'r i familien

Crew: Director

Actors: Philip Zandén, Ghita Nørby, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Ana Padrão, Anna Wing

Synopsis: This Danish film has a comic beginning and a tragic end as it follows a Danish man on his quest to find his biological father in Portugal. When Jan, a man in his thirties, suddenly discovers he is adopted he immediately sets out to find his birth parents. His mother, an ex-cabaret singer is not Read More

1994
Freud Flyttar Hemifran

Crew: Director

Actors: Ghita Nørby, Gunilla Roor, Philip Zandén, Jessica Zanden, Palle Granditsky

Synopsis: Not many people know about it, but there is a sizeable Swedish Jewish community even today. In this story, the sixtieth birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the world where they have settled. The central character Read More

1991
Notater om Korlighedon

Crew: First Assistant Director

Actors: Claus Nissen, Stina Ekblad, Jan Nowicki, Baard Owe

Synopsis: This pseudo-documentary chronicles, in a high-flown anthropological manner, the preliminary preparations men and women in Denmark make before they make love, and the things they do afterwards. Subjects are shown shaving, putting on make-up, dressing carefully, etc., and then getting together and Read More

1989