Director, born 2/5 1959, Denmark. Studied film at the University of Copenhagen 1976-80. Graduated in direction from the National Film School of Denmark, 1984. Has written and directed feature films, short films, radio and stage drama, TV series and awardwinning commercials.
Her first feature film breakthrough, 'The Birthday Trip' (1990), was selected for Panorama in Berlin, for the New Directors section at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and won the Grand Jury Prix in Rouen. The children's feature 'On Our Own' (1998) received the Grand Prix in Montreal and the Cinekid Prize in Amsterdam.
Lone Scherfig's contribution to Dogme, 'Italian for Beginners' (2000), is one of Danish cinema's greatest boxoffice hits ever, and received overwhelming praise from the critics. The film was also a major awardwinner at Berlin. Scherfig's English-language feature 'Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself' (2002) toured the festival circuit worldwide, bringing home awards from France, Portugal, the US and Japan. Her Oscar-nominated 'An Education' (GB/US, 2009) won numerous prizes in Britain and the US.
In 2013 she co-founded the company Creative Alliance together with a number of other directors and producers. Among other films, the company is behind Scherfig's ensemble feature set in New York, 'The Kindness of Strangers' (2019).
Her first feature film breakthrough, 'The Birthday Trip' (1990), was selected for Panorama in Berlin, for the New Directors section at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and won the Grand Jury Prix in Rouen. The children's feature 'On Our Own' (1998) received the Grand Prix in Montreal and the Cinekid Prize in Amsterdam.
Lone Scherfig's contribution to Dogme, 'Italian for Beginners' (2000), is one of Danish cinema's greatest boxoffice hits ever, and received overwhelming praise from the critics. The film was also a major awardwinner at Berlin. Scherfig's English-language feature 'Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself' (2002) toured the festival circuit worldwide, bringing home awards from France, Portugal, the US and Japan. Her Oscar-nominated 'An Education' (GB/US, 2009) won numerous prizes in Britain and the US.
In 2013 she co-founded the company Creative Alliance together with a number of other directors and producers. Among other films, the company is behind Scherfig's ensemble feature set in New York, 'The Kindness of Strangers' (2019).
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Movie Teller | 2024 | Direction | Feature |
| Dag og nat (Oversigt) | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 1:8 - August | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay, Writer (episode) | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 2:8 - September | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay, Writer (episode) | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 3:8 - Oktober | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 4:8 - December | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 5:8 - Nytår | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 6:8 - Februar | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| Dag og nat 8:8 - Maj | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay | Series (fiction) |
| The Kindness of Strangers | 2019 | Direction, Screenplay | DK/Feature |
| Their Finest | 2017 | Direction | Feature |
| A Serious Game | 2016 | Screenplay | Feature |
| The Riot Club | 2014 | Direction | Feature |
| Everything | 2012 | Script consultant | DK/Short fiction |
| One Day | 2011 | Direction | Feature |
| Donkeys | 2010 | Character developer | Feature |
| An Education | 2009 | Direction | Feature |
| Just like home | 2007 | Direction, Screenplay | DK/Feature |
| Red Road | 2006 | Character developer | DK/Feature |
| Jeg er bare den logerende | 2005 | Direction, Screenplay | DK/Short fiction |
| Better Times | 2004 | Direction | TV series |
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | 2002 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Italian for Beginners | 2000 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Ved Stillebækken | 1999 | Direction, Script | TV series |
| On our own | 1998 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| TAXA | 1997 | Direction, Writer (episode) | TV series |
| Flemming og Berit | 1994 | Direction | TV series |
| Den gode lykke | 1993 | Direction | TV film |
| Sir John Soane's Museum, London | 1993 | Direction, Cinematography | DK/Documentary |
| Museums notater | 1993 | Direction, Cinematography | Anthology |
| The birthday trip | 1990 | Direction | DK/Feature |
| A World of Difference | 1989 | Continuity | DK/Feature |
| Margrethes elsker | 1987 | Direction, Script | TV film |
| Midnatsforestillingen | 1986 | Direction, Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Coeurs flambés | 1986 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Hesten i vesten | 1985 | Direction | DK/Short fiction |
| A-Hasard-Kasasard | 1985 | Continuity | DK/Short fiction |
| The vicious circle | 1984 | Direction, Script | DK/Short fiction |
| The ballad of Linda | 1982 | Volunteer | DK/Feature |
Lone Scherfig in trade directory
