Anders August

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Anders August
Screenwriter Anders August at Toronto International Film Festival.
Screenwriter Anders August at Toronto International Film Festival.
BornAnders Frithiof August
(1978-06-15) 15 June 1978 (age 43)
Copenhagen, Denmark
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityDanish
GenreFilm
Notable works
RelativesBille August (father)

Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish screenwriter, graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2007.

He wrote the short film , that was nominated for an Oscar in 2009. In 2011 he won the Danish film- and television industry's biggest talent award, The Nordisk Film Award.

He has written several episodes of Danish prime-time television as well as feature films, most notably Applause,[1] which won numerous awards for main actress Paprika Steen in 2010, and the 2012 Oscar short listed comedy SuperClásico. The 2011 biopic A Funny Man, was the biggest local box-office hit in Denmark in 2011. Both films earned him nominations for a Danish Academy Award, the Robert Award as best screenwriter (the award eventually went to Lars Von Trier for Melancholia). He has since written a number of episodes of Danish drama The Legacy and is currently co-creating a new series for the same network, DR, the show is called Follow the Money and is a thriller on financial crime. It will premiere at the 2015 Berlinale. In 2015, BBC America / AMC announced they were developing a show created by August.

He is the son of Danish film and television director Bille August.

References[]

  1. ^ Simon, Alissa (July 10, 2009). "Applause". Variety. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018.

External links[]

  • Anders Frithiof August at IMDb
  • Anders August in the Danish Film Database
  • Channel 4 Bio. [1]
  • Los Angeles Times review of Applause [2]
  • Anders F. August receives the "Nordisk Film Prisen" [3]
  • SuperClàsico enters Oscar race [4]
  • A Funny Man tops box-office [5]
  • SuperClàsico on Oscar short list [6]
  • Anders August to write screenplay about 1992 Danish Soccer Triumph [7]
  • Anders August to co-create "Follow the Money" [8]
  • BBC America announces development of Anders August show. [9]
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