Liv Corfixen

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Liv Corfixen
Born (1973-01-13) 13 January 1973 (age 48)
Denmark
OccupationActress, film director
Spouse(s)Nicolas Winding Refn
Children2
Parent(s), Lizzie Corfixen

Liv Corfixen (born 13 January 1973) is a Danish actress and documentary filmmaker.

Early life[]

Corfixen is the daughter of cinematographer and actress and editor Lizzie Corfixen. But in a French Interview her husband Nicolas Winding Refn claims she is the biological daughter of Fritz Lang.[1]

Career[]

Acting[]

Corfixen worked as an actress in Denmark, appearing in a small roles in Susanne Bier's The One and Only and her husband Nicolas Winding Refn's films Pusher, Bleeder, and Fear X.

Directing[]

While Refn was filming Only God Forgives, Corfixen and their children moved to Bangkok for 6 months to accompany him.[2] While her husband was working and their daughters were in school, she began filming a behind-the-scenes look at Refn and his filmmaking process. The film was released as My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest.[3] Through it, she explores the relationship between her and her husband, who happens to be a movie director.

Personal life[]

Corfixen is married to director Nicolas Winding Refn[4] with whom she has two daughters.[5]

In 2006 she competed in Vild Med Dans, the danish edition of Dancing With The Stars, she placed 8th. with her professional partner

In 2016 during a press conference at Cannes for his film The Neon Demon, Refn said that director Lars von Trier had inappropriately propositioned Corfixen for sex.[6]

In 2019, at the Cannes Film Festival, Refn claimed that Fritz Lang was Corfixen’s biological father, in his speech following the screening of Too Old to Die Young. [7]

References[]

  1. ^ Vinyard, Papa. "Vinyard talks MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN with director Liv Corfixen and Refn himself!". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ Howard, Courtney. "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Director Liv Corfixen & Nicolas Winding Refn Talk MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN". Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ Walton, Brian. "MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN'S LIV CORFIXEN AND NICOLAS WINDING REFN". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. ^ Mottram, James (September 11, 2011). "Nicolas Winding Refn: 'When the chance came, I stuck the knife into Lars von Trier'". The Independent. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Shoard, Catherine (September 8, 2011). "Nicolas Winding Refn: 'Film-making is a fetish'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Sharf, Zach. "Nicolas Winding Refn Says Lars Von Trier Tried To Sleep With His Wife -- Cannes 2016". Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. ^ D’Alessandro, Anthony. "In Era Where Netflix Is Sidelined At Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn Champions Streaming At Premiere Of His Amazon Series 'Too Old To Die Young'". Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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