Susanne Bier
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Bier in 2013
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| Born |
15 April 1960 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Architectural Association in London, National Film School of Denmark |
| Occupation | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Philip Zandén (1995-?; divorced) Jesper Winge Leisner (?-present) |
| Children | 2 |
Susanne Bier (Danish pronunciation: [susanə ˈb̥iɐ̯ˀ], born 15 April 1960) is a Danish film director best known for her feature films Brothers, After the Wedding and the Academy Award-winning In a Better World and the TV miniseries The Night Manager. She is the first female director to win a Golden Globe, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award.
Susanne Bier was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Rudolf Salomon Bier, was a German Jew who left for Denmark in 1933, and her mother, Hennie Jonas, was from a Russian Jewish family.
Bier studied art and architecture at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and read architecture at Architectural Association School of Architecture in London before enrolling for the film direction course at the National Film School of Denmark from where she graduated in 1987.De Saliges (1987), Bier's graduation film, won first prize at the Munich film school festival and subsequently distributed by Channel Four.
Finding immediate success in Denmark with her features Freud Flytter Hjemmefra (Freud's Leaving Home, 1990), Det Bli’r i Familien (Family Matters, 1993), Pensionat Oscar (Like it Was Never Before, 1995) and Sekten (Credo, 1997), her first commercial success being The One and Only in 1999. A romantic comedy about the fragility of life, the film won a clutch of Danish Film Academy awards and established Bier's relationship with actor Paprika Steen. The film remains one of the most successful domestic films ever released in Denmark.
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