Film editor. Born 25/11 1951. One of Denmark's leading editor since the 1970's, working with both feature films, documentaries and short films.
Notable fiction works include Nils Malmros' 'Boys' (1977) and 'The Tree of Knowledge' (1981). Billeskov has been Bille August's regular editor and has worked on films such as 'In My Life' (1978), 'Zappa' (1983)', Oscar-winning 'Pelle the Conqueror' (1987), Palme d'Or-winner 'The Best Intentions' (1992), 'Silent Heart' (2014) and 'A Fortunate Man' (2018).
He also edited Thomas Vinterberg's Oscar-nominated 'The Hunt' (2013) and Oscar-winner 'Another Round' (2020), Simon Staho's 'Bang Bang Orangutang' (2005) and 'Heaven's Heart' (2008) as well as Pernille Rosendahl's 'The Idealist' (2015) and 'The Good Traitor' (2020).
Prominent documentaries include Sami Saif and Phie Ambo's IDFA-winner 'Family' (2001), Anders Østergaard's Oscar nominated 'Burma VJ' (2008), Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar nominated 'The Act of Killing' (2012), Lise Birk Pedersen's Sundance-winner 'Putin's Kiss' (2012), Yance Ford's Oscar nominated 'Strong Island' (2017) and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Sundance winner and Oscar nominated 'Flee' (2021).
Through UNESCO, he has worked with the initiative 'Voices of the World', working to preserve endangered languages.
He is the recipient of an honorary Danish Bodil Award for his significant contribution to Danish film. He has been nominated for a total of 16 Danish Film Awards for best editing and has won five of them.
Notable fiction works include Nils Malmros' 'Boys' (1977) and 'The Tree of Knowledge' (1981). Billeskov has been Bille August's regular editor and has worked on films such as 'In My Life' (1978), 'Zappa' (1983)', Oscar-winning 'Pelle the Conqueror' (1987), Palme d'Or-winner 'The Best Intentions' (1992), 'Silent Heart' (2014) and 'A Fortunate Man' (2018).
He also edited Thomas Vinterberg's Oscar-nominated 'The Hunt' (2013) and Oscar-winner 'Another Round' (2020), Simon Staho's 'Bang Bang Orangutang' (2005) and 'Heaven's Heart' (2008) as well as Pernille Rosendahl's 'The Idealist' (2015) and 'The Good Traitor' (2020).
Prominent documentaries include Sami Saif and Phie Ambo's IDFA-winner 'Family' (2001), Anders Østergaard's Oscar nominated 'Burma VJ' (2008), Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar nominated 'The Act of Killing' (2012), Lise Birk Pedersen's Sundance-winner 'Putin's Kiss' (2012), Yance Ford's Oscar nominated 'Strong Island' (2017) and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Sundance winner and Oscar nominated 'Flee' (2021).
Through UNESCO, he has worked with the initiative 'Voices of the World', working to preserve endangered languages.
He is the recipient of an honorary Danish Bodil Award for his significant contribution to Danish film. He has been nominated for a total of 16 Danish Film Awards for best editing and has won five of them.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Unit - The First Murder | 2025 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Acts of Love | 2025 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Le comte de Monte-Cristo | 2024 | Editor | TV series |
| Med drager mod dæmoner | 2024 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Med drager mod dæmoner - afsnit 1: En ny begyndelse | 2024 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Med drager mod dæmoner - afsnit 2: Nedlukning | 2024 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Med drager mod dæmoner - afsnit 3: Det andet år | 2024 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Med drager mod dæmoner - afsnit 4: Venner for livet | 2024 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Families Like Ours | 2024 | Editor | TV series |
| Two strangers trying not to kill each other | 2024 | Editing supervisor, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The Kiss | 2023 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Viktor mod verden | 2023 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Just Before Death | 2022 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| A Matter of Trust | 2022 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Flee | 2021 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| The Pact | 2021 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| A Taste of Hunger | 2021 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Love Bound – When your child becomes mentally ill | 2021 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Captain's Heart | 2021 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| President | 2021 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Good Traitor | 2020 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Another Round | 2020 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| The Day We Died | 2020 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Attacked – The Copenhagen Shootings | 2020 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Erna at War | 2020 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Forget Me Not | 2019 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Kindness of Strangers | 2019 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Angels are made of Light | 2019 | Editor | Series (documentary) |
| Angels are made of Light | 2019 | Editor | Series (documentary) |
| Reunited | 2019 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| A Fortunate Man | 2018 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| The Purity of Vengeance | 2018 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Angels are made of Light | 2018 | Editor | Documentary |
| Backstabbing for Beginners | 2018 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Queen of Hearts | 2018 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Dreaming Murakami | 2018 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| What Walaa Wants | 2018 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Great Game | 2018 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Heartbound – a different kind of love story | 2018 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Strong Island | 2017 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| Heartstone | 2017 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Pound for Pound | 2017 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| All In | 2017 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| The Day Will Come | 2016 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| The Commune | 2016 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Swinger | 2016 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| The Lost Ones | 2016 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Afskåret | 2016 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| The Idealist | 2015 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Life Is Sacred | 2015 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| 15 Minutes - The Dvor Massacre | 2015 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| Bridgend | 2015 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| The Shamer's Daughter | 2015 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Long Story Short | 2015 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Embracing The dead | 2014 | Editor, Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Silent Heart | 2014 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Cathedrals of Culture | 2014 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| Someone You Love | 2014 | A-editor | DK/Feature |
| On the Edge | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Democrats | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| We are Journalists | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| I am Here | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Olmo and the Seagull | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Hunt | 2013 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| De udvalgte | 2013 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Keeper of Lost Causes | 2013 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| A Different Kind of Boy | 2013 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Breathing | 2013 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Putin's Kiss | 2012 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Travelling with Mr. T | 2012 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| The Act of Killing | 2012 | Editor | DK/Documentary |
| TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay away from keyboard | 2012 | Editing supervisor | Documentary |
| White Black Boy | 2012 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Searching for Bill | 2012 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Char... The No-Man's Island | 2012 | Pilot consultant | Documentary |
| Volcano | 2012 | Editing supervisor | Feature |
| Magi i luften | 2011 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Skyscraper | 2011 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Krudtuglerne | 2011 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The President | 2011 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| A Funny Man | 2011 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Thors saga | 2011 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The will | 2011 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| A family | 2010 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Brotherhood | 2010 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| TeddyBoy | 2010 | Editing supervisor | DK/Short fiction |
| Kærlighedens krigere | 2009 | Editing | Feature |
| When heaven falls | 2009 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| A Little Film on Pixies | 2009 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Hush Little Baby | 2009 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Bobby | 2009 | Editing supervisor | DK/Short fiction |
| Profetia | 2009 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Dreams in Copenhagen | 2009 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Devilles | 2009 | Production consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Himlens hjärta | 2008 | Editing | Feature |
| Burma VJ - reporting from a closed country | 2008 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Kun med hjertet - kan man rigtig se | 2008 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| What no one knows | 2008 | Editor | DK/Feature |
| Unge Freud i Gaza | 2008 | Dramaturgical consultant, Dramaturge | DK/Documentary |
| The Importance of being Mlabri | 2007 | Direction, Script, Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Daisy Diamond | 2007 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Solo | 2007 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Art of Crying | 2007 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| I sproget er jeg | 2006 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Awaiting | 2006 | Editing | DK/Experimental |
| Han, hun og Strindberg | 2006 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Happy go lucky | 2006 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Voices Of The World: I Sproget Er Jeg / Kunsten At Være Mlabri | 2005 | Direction | |
| Bang Bang Orangutang | 2005 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Swenkas | 2005 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Afveje | 2005 | Editing supervisor | DK/Short fiction |
| Pusher II | 2004 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| American short | 2004 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Sort Sol - 422 dage i dybet | 2004 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Lost generation | 2004 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Hjemkomst | 2004 | Editor | DK/Short fiction |
| The Forbidden Team | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Fighter | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Short fiction |
| Reconstruction | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Territorielle udsagn | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Avation | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Manden bag døren | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Switching | 2003 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Humørkortstativsælgerens søn | 2002 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Purified | 2002 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Facing the Truth | 2002 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| En sång för Martin | 2001 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Family | 2001 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The castle in Italy | 2000 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The Exhibited | 2000 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Les misérables | 1998 | Editing | Feature |
| Johannes's heart | 1998 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Smilla's feeling for snow | 1997 | Editing | Feature |
| Jerusalem | 1996 | Editing | Feature |
| The sunset boys | 1995 | Editing | Feature |
| Højskole 1994 | 1994 | Expert | DK/Documentary |
| The house of the spirits | 1993 | Editing | Feature |
| The Best Intentions | 1992 | Editing | Feature |
| 1700 metres from the future | 1990 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| A modern woman | 1990 | Consultant | DK/Feature |
| Happiness is a curious catch | 1989 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| A World of Difference | 1989 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Katinka | 1988 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Redtops | 1988 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Pelle the Conqueror | 1987 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Notater fra Kina | 1987 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The Wolf at the Door | 1986 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Ingen kære mor | 1985 | Direction | TV film |
| Granny's house | 1984 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Twist and Shout | 1984 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The boy who disappeared | 1984 | Assistant editor | DK/Feature |
| Isfugle | 1983 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Zappa | 1983 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Closeup on a school for young people | 1983 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Der findes ingen tamme dyr | 1983 | Supervisor | DK/Short fiction |
| Jane Muus and the image | 1982 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Have you seen Alice? | 1981 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Tree of Knowledge | 1981 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Guldhjertet | 1981 | Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Tomas, a child out of reach | 1980 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The trees and the people of the forest | 1980 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Black Pete - no, you're it | 1980 | Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Shall we dance first? | 1979 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| En forførers dagbog | 1979 | Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Icelandic style of building in the course of 1100 years | 1978 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Honning måne | 1978 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? | 1978 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Kammesjukjul | 1978 | Editing | TV film |
| Boys | 1977 | Editing, Sound mixer | DK/Feature |
| It's up to you to decide what it looks like | 1977 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The painter Svend Wiig Hansen in Nicolaj Church | 1977 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Let's do it | 1976 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| Det begyndte med Mathilde | 1976 | Editing | TV film |
| The body I | 1976 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The body II | 1976 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Mafia 2 | 1974 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Thy Camp in Frøstrup 1970 | 1974 | Assistant | DK/Documentary |
| Det er jo bare teater | 1973 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Is the King Dead? | 1973 | Assistant | DK/Documentary |
| How to catch a man | 1972 | Editing | DK/Feature |
| The Feelings Are The Same | 1972 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The woman and the EEC | 1972 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Pigen Silke | 1971 | Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The Thy Camp in Frøstrup | 1971 | Assistant | DK/Documentary |
| Ang.: Lone | 1970 | Assistant editor | DK/Feature |
| Min fremtid ligger i dine hænder | Direction | DK/Experimental | |
| Lucky | Editor | DK/Feature |
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