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Lone Scherfig 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 is part of the Dogme 95

Dogme 95

Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...

film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...

(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
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

. It is credited as the most profitable Scandinavian film to date.

Most recently she's directed An Education
An Education
An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David,...

(2009), based on an autobiographical article by British journalist Lynn Barber

Lynn Barber

Lynn Barber is a British journalist, who writes for The Sunday Times.-Early life:Barber attended Lady Eleanor Holles School...

. The independent film was nominated for three of the 82nd Academy Awards

82nd Academy Awards

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Margrethes elsker	Director	Television film
1990	Kaj's fødselsdag	Director	Won Club Espace Award Rouen Nordic Film Festival Rouen Nordic Film Festival The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, Holland and Belgium... , Grand Jury Prize Rouen Nordic Film Festival Rouen Nordic Film Festival The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, Holland and Belgium...
1993	Den gode lykke	Director	Television film
1994	Flemming og Berit	Director	6 episodes
1997	Taxa	Director	Television series
1997	Taxa	Writer	2 episodes
1998	Når mor kommer hjem	Writer, director	Won – Cinekid Film Award
2000	Morten Korch – Ved stillebækken	Writer, director	11 episodes
2000	Italian for Beginners Italian for Beginners Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...	Writer, director	20 awards
2002	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself is a Danish-Scottish film from 2002. Harbour and his suicidal brother inherit their father's second hand bookstore in their native Glasgow. Their lives become entangled with Alice and her daughter Mary after the two visit the shop...	Writer, director	Won 11 awards
2005	Krøniken Krøniken Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007...	Director	1 episode
2006	Red Road Red Road (film) Red Road is a 2006 British film directed by Andrea Arnold. It tells the story of a CCTV security operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. It is named after, and partly set at, the Red Road flats in Barmulloch, Glasgow, Scotland which were the tallest residential buildings in...	Characters
2007	Hjemve	Writer, director
2009	An Education An Education An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David,...	Director	Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay
2009	Rounding Up Donkeys	Characters
2011	One Day One Day (film) One Day is a film directed by Lone Scherfig. It was adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess...	Director

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