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Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn

Directing1970Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.

He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016).

In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazon Prime. After Amazon's Too Old to Die Young, Refn's next project took him to Netflix and saw him returning to his native Copenhagen for the first time since Pusher 3, which was the setting for his magical realism series, Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.

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Acting History

2023
Copenhagen Cowboy
TVas Jørgen1 eps
Copenhagen Cowboy
TVDirector6 eps
The Famous Five
TVExecutive Producer5 eps
2019
Too Old to Die Young
TVExecutive Producer10 eps
Too Old to Die Young
TVWriter10 eps
Too Old to Die Young
TVDirector10 eps
2014
Dying of the Light
Executive Producer
2013
2012
Pusher
as Dutch Bob
NWR
as Self
2011
Drive
Director
2009
Bronson
Director
Bronson
Screenplay
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVDirector1 eps
2006
Happy Go Lucky
as Himself (Jang)
2005
Pusher III
Director
2004
Pusher II
Producer
Pusher II
Screenplay
Pusher II
Director
2003
Fear X
Director
Fear X
Writer
1999
Bleeder
Screenplay
Bleeder
Director
Bleeder
Producer
1996
Pusher
as Brian
Pusher
Screenplay
Pusher
Director
Pusher
Producer

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/29/1970(55 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark