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Lone Scherfig

Born
May 2, 1959 · Age 67
Place of birth
Søborg, Danmark
Gender
Female
Movie credits
3
TV credits
3
Directing credits
19
Also known as (2)
  • Lone Wrede Scherfig
  • 론 쉐르픽

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lone Scherfig (born May 2, 1959) is a Danish film director. She graduated Danish Film School in 1984, and began her career as a director with Kaj's fødselsdag "A Birthday Trip". She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere, 2000), a romantic comedy which among its many international awards won the Silver Berlin Bear (Jury Prize) at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival. It is credited as the most profitable Scandinavian film to date. Most recently she's directed An Education (2009), based on an…