Nicolas Winding Refn

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-09-29 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Nicolas Winding Refn

Biography

Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016). In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too...

Production

1996

Pusher

as Director

1996

Pusher

as Screenplay

2004

Pusher II

as Director

2004

Pusher II

as Screenplay

2004

Pusher II

as Producer

2005

Pusher III

as Director

2011

Drive

as Director

2003

Fear X

as Director

2009

Valhalla Rising

as Director

2009

1999

Bleeder

as Director

1999

Bleeder

as Screenplay

2009

Bronson

as Director

2009

Bronson

as Screenplay

2010

Pusher

as Writer

2013

2013

2003

Fear X

as Writer

2016

The Neon Demon

as Director

2016

The Neon Demon

as Screenplay

-

Witchfinder

as Producer

2016

The Neon Demon

as Producer

2016

2022

Touch of Crude

as Director

2022

2005

Pusher III

as Writer

2014

Dying of the Light

as Executive Producer

1999

Bleeder

as Producer

1996

Pusher

as Producer

2012

Black's Game

as Executive Producer

2024

2023

Circus Maximus

as Director

2024

2019

Rematch

as Director

-

Her Private Hell

as Director

-

Her Private Hell

as Producer

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