Bille August

Bille August (b. 1948)

Danish film and television producer.

Selected productions:

• Pelle Erobreren (1987, Pelle the Conqueror)
  • based on a novel by Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø
  • won [Golden Palms]? in Cannes and an Oscar
• Den gode vilje (1991, The Best Intentions)
  • script by Ingmar Bergman
  • won [Golden Palms]? in Cannes
• Jerusalem (1996)
  • based on a novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf
• The House of Spirits (1993)
  • based on a novel by [Isabel Allende]?
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
  • based on a novel by Danish author Peter Høeg