Susanne Bier

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Biography

Susanne Bier (Danish: [suˈsænə ˈpiɐ̯ˀ]; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager). Bier debuted her feature film with Freud's Leaving Home (1991). She directed a string of films, including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding(2006), and In a Better World (2010), the later of which earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Love Is All You Need (2012), Serena (2014), and Bird Box(2018). She directed the BBC One / AMC miniseries The Night Manager (2016) on television, earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. She also directed the HBO psychological miniseries The Undoing (2020), the Showtime historical anthology series The First Lady (2022), and the Netflix mystery series, The Perfect Couple (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Susanne Bier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Susanne Bier has 39 screen credits in a career dating back to 1989. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Bird Box with 2 titles. Signature works include Practical Magic 2, Bird Box, Serena. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Directing
Gender
female
Known Credits
39
Birth Date
1960-04-15 00:00:00
Birth Place
Copenhagen, Denmark

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

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