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Kristian Levring

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Kristian Levring at an event for The Intended (2002)
Danish Film Director Kristian Levring has produced a distinct body of work. With films ranging from thriller, through period drama, Shakespearean re-imagining and a Western, Levring has crafted an expression that is as visually stunning and unique as it is eclectic.

Born in 1957 in Copenhagen, Kristian Levring graduated from the National Danish Film School in 1984 as an editor but he soon switched to directing. In 1988 he began a very successful carrier directing TV commercials. Then in 1995, together with Lars Von Trier, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen and Thomas Vinterberg, Levring was one of the co-founders of the world renowned Dogme95 movement. In 2008 the four co-founders were awarded a European Film Award for their Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema.

In 2000 Levring premiered his own award winning Dogme film The King Is Alive as part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. The film starred Jennifer Jason Leigh, Janet McTeer and Romane Bohringer. Two years later The Intended, co-written with Janet McTeer, premiered in Toronto starring McTeer and Academy Award® winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker.

Levring returning to directing in 2005 with the highly acclaimed Fear Me Not starring Ulrich Thomsen. This Danish language psychological drama was among others selected for San Sebastian International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2013 Levring co-wrote and directed a Western, The Salvation (film). The film starred Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jonathan Pryce and Eric Cantona. The film made its world premiere as part of the official selection at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival before a worldwide release to critical acclaim.

Levring resides in Hampstead, North London.

He is represented worldwide by Frank Wuliger at The Gersh Agency, Los Angeles.
BornMay 9, 1957
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    • 3 wins & 8 nominations

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Olympia Dukakis and Kristian Levring in The Intended (2002)
Lars Bjarke, Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eva Green, Toke Lars Bjarke, and Nanna Øland Fabricius at an event for The Salvation (2014)
Douglas Henshall, Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eva Green, and Nanna Øland Fabricius at an event for The Salvation (2014)
Douglas Henshall, Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Eva Green, and Nanna Øland Fabricius at an event for The Salvation (2014)
Kristian Levring at an event for The Intended (2002)
Kristian Levring at an event for The Intended (2002)
Kristian Levring at an event for The Intended (2002)
Olympia Dukakis, Janet McTeer, and Kristian Levring at an event for The Intended (2002)
Janet McTeer and Kristian Levring
Janet McTeer and Kristian Levring
Kristian Levring
Kristian Levring

Known for:

Mads Mikkelsen in The Salvation (2014)
The Salvation
6.7
  • Director
  • 2014
Den du frygter (2008)
Den du frygter
6.3
  • Director
  • 2008
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist
6.5
  • Script and Continuity Department
  • 2009
The King Is Alive (2000)
The King Is Alive
6.3
  • Director(uncredited)
  • 2000

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Director

  • Mads Mikkelsen in The Salvation (2014)
    The Salvation
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Den du frygter (2008)
    Den du frygter
    • Director
    • 2008
  • The Intended (2002)
    The Intended
    • Director
    • 2002
  • D-Day: The Finished Film (2001)
    D-Day: The Finished Film
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • The King Is Alive (2000)
    The King Is Alive
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 2000
  • D-dag - Carl
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2000
  • D-Day (2000)
    D-Day
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2000
  • Et skud fra hjertet (1986)
    Et skud fra hjertet
    • Director
    • 1986

Writer

  • Mads Mikkelsen in The Salvation (2014)
    The Salvation
    • Writer
    • 2014
  • Den du frygter (2008)
    Den du frygter
    • writer
    • 2008
  • Torkel Petersson in Doxa (2005)
    Doxa
    • Writer
    • 2005
  • The Intended (2002)
    The Intended
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • The King Is Alive (2000)
    The King Is Alive
    • written by
    • 2000

Editor

  • Haiti. Uden titel (1995)
    Det legende menneske
    • Editor
    • 1986
  • Udenrigskorrespondenten (1983)
    Udenrigskorrespondenten
    • Editor
    • 1983
  • 66 scener fra Amerika (1982)
    66 scener fra Amerika
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1982
  • Jeg er levende - Søren Ulrik Thomsen, digter (1999)
    Step on Silence
    • Editor
    • 1981

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  • Born
    • May 9, 1957
    • Copenhagen, Denmark

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