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Like her celebrated great uncle, writer Hans Scherfig, Lone Scherfig masters the art of subtle characterization. Scherfig gets under the character's skin to reveal the impulses of good and evil, while the plot evolves without strain. Though a light humor prevails, there is a pervasive sense of the tragic in her characterization... See full bio »

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Lone Wrede Scherfig
in Copenhagen, Denmark
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2014 Posh (pre-production)
 
2011/I One Day
 
2009 An Education
 
2007 Just Like Home
 
2005 Better Times (TV series)
– Del 11, 1958 (2005)
 
2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
 
2000 Italian for Beginners (uncredited)
 
2000 Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (TV series)
– Brudte løfter (2000)
– Fruen på Ringgården (2000)
– Med Tvivl i Sindet (2000)
– De bedste hensigter (2000)
– Det fejreste træ (2000)
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1998 Når mor kommer hjem
 
1997 Taxa (TV series)
 
1994 Flemming og Berit (TV series)
– Flemming og Berit flytter hjemmefra (1994)
– Flemming og Berit får det rigtigt skidt (1994)
– Flemming og Berit på krigsstigen (1994)
– Flemming og Berit i overhængende livsfare (1994)
– Flemming og Berit kommer ud for en hel masse (1994)
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1993 Den gode lykke (TV movie)
 
1990 Kaj's fødselsdag
 
1985 Margrethes elsker (TV movie)
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
2015 The Serious Game (pre-production)
 
2010 Donkeys (characters)
 
2007 Just Like Home
 
2006 Red Road (characters)
 
2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (written by)
 
2000 Italian for Beginners
 
2000 Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (TV series)
– Brudte løfter (2000) (writer)
– Fruen på Ringgården (2000) (writer)
– Med Tvivl i Sindet (2000) (writer)
– De bedste hensigter (2000) (writer)
– Det fejreste træ (2000) (writer)
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1998 Når mor kommer hjem (writer)
 
1997 Taxa (TV series)
– Del 6 (1997) (writer)
– Del 5 (1997) (writer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1989 A World of Difference (script supervisor)
 
1986 Flamberede hjerter (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Truth About Men (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2012 Días de cine (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 June 2012 (2012) … Herself
 
2011-2012 The Big Picture (TV series)
Herself
– Valentine's Special (2012) … Herself
– Extra - One Day (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Meyerheim (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.10 (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The 2010 Oscars on TV 2 Film (TV movie)
Herself - Director
 
2010 Den nøgne sandhed (TV series)
Herself
– Lone Scherfig (2010) … Herself
 
2009 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (2009)
 
2009 DR2 Premiere (TV series)
Herself - Host
– Episode #3.10 (2009) … Herself - Host
 
2009 Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV series)
Herself
– Directing 4 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.4 (2009) … Herself
 
2008 The 21st European Film Awards (TV special)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Autograf (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.10 (2008) … Herself
 
2007 Hjemve - Opdagelsen af en film (video documentary short)
Herself/Director
 
2006 Smagsdommerne (TV series)
Herself - Film Director
– Episode #3.2 (2006) … Herself - Film Director
– Episode #3.1 (2006) … Herself - Film Director
 
2005 Ceremonia de clausura (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 Ceremonia de apertura (TV movie)
Herself
 
2004 Närbild (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Lone Scherfig (2004) … Herself
 
2003 Zulu Awards '03 (TV special)
Herself - Recipient on behalf of Mads Mikkelsen
 
2003 Nærbilleder (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Nærbillede - Lone Scherfig (2003) … Herself
 
2002 Go' aften Danmark (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 November 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Det store lærred: Wilbur begår selvmord (TV documentary short)
Herself - Director
 
2001 Bodilfesten 2001 (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Profilen (TV series)
Herself - Film Director
– Episode dated 13 February 2001 (2001) … Herself - Film Director
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 DR2 Premiere (TV series)
 

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Personal Quote:

If someone writes a great war film they aren't going to send it to me. I get films about 50-year-old women who go to Italy to find themselves, and I kindly return them every time. See more »

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She is married to a psychologist. See more »

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