Ole Bornedal
Born (1959-05-26) 26 May 1959
Nørresundby, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationFilm director
SpouseHelle Fagralid

Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Danish film director, actor and producer.[1]

Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed Nattevagten (Nightwatch, 1994), a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake (Nightwatch) in 1997, starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette. In 2002, he directed I Am Dina. Other Danish films include The Substitute (2007), Just Another Love Story (2007), and Deliver Us from Evil. He directed the English-language film The Possession (2012) and was one of the producers of the horror film Mimic. In 2014 he wrote and directed the epic historical drama 1864, the most expensive Danish TV series in history, chronicling the Second Schleswig War through the story of two brothers.[2]

He is married to the Danish actress, Helle Fagralid, and has three children.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1993I en del af verdenTV
MasturbatorTV
1994Nattevagten / NightwatchDirector, screenplayFilm
1995Sprængt nakkeTV
1996Charlot og CharlotteTV series
1997MimicProducer
Nightwatch (remake)Director, story, screenplayAmerican film
1999Dybt vandTV
2002Jeg er DinaDirector, screenplayDanish-Swedish-Norwegian film. English title: I Am Dina
2007VikarenDirector, screenplayFilm. English title: The Substitute
Just Another Love StoryDirector, screenplay, director of photography
2009Fri Os Fra Det OndeDirector, screenplay
2012The PossessionDirectorAmerican film
20141864DirectorTV series
2018Road To MandalayDirector
2021Skyggen I Mit ØjeDirectorInternational title: The Shadow In My Eye
2023 Nattevagten - Dæmoner går i arv / Nightwatch - Demons are Forever Director, screenplay

References

  1. ↑ "Ole Bornedal", The New York Times
  2. ↑ Forrest, Alex. "Front Row: Mad Max, Walter Mosley, Dark Arteries, 1864". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 21 March 2017.


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