Pernille Fischer Christensen

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birthdate = 24 December 1969
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occupation = Director, Writer, Actress
yearsactive = 1989–present
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Pernille Fischer Christensen (born 24 December 1969) is a Danish film director and the older sister of actor Stine Fischer Christensen. She started out in the movie business when she was 20 years old as an assistant to Tómas Gislason. During that time, Gislason was closely connected to Lars von Trier, and she got to listen to Gislason and von Trier's discussions about movies. In 1993, she went to The European Film College where she met and collaborated with Nanna Arnfred. [cite news | first=Christian Braad | last=Thomsen | title=Soap & kærlighed | publisher=Filmmagasinet Ekko | url =http://www.ekkofilm.dk/interviews.asp?table=interviews&viewall=true&id=56 | accessdate=2008-01-16] In 1999, she graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with the movie "India", which later went on to win the Cinéfondations 3rd Prize at the Film festival in Cannes. [ cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/english/Danish+films/Directors/DirectorFact.htm?DirID=6880 |title=Pernille Fischer Christensen |accessdate=2008-01-14 |publisher=Danish Film Institute ] After finishing film school she made a short film called "Habibti My Love", which won a Robert in 2003 for "best short subject".

Her first feature film, "En Soap" (English title: "A Soap"), came out in 2006 and centered on the relationship between a female beauty shop owner and the transsexual living downstairs. [cite news | first=Stephen | last=Holden | title=Can Neighborly Affection Rewire Sexuality? | date=2006-11-03 | publisher=The New York Times | url =http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/movies/03soap.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-14] The movie starred Trine Dyrholm as the beauty shop owner and David Dencik as the transvestite Veronica, and was written as a collaboration between Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson. The movie opened at the Berlin Film Festival and won a Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix Award, and was the first ever winner of the Best First Feature Award. [da icon Citation | last1=Møller | first1=Hans Jørgen | title=Prisuddeling: Dansk hattrick i Berlin | newspaper=Politiken | date=2006-02-20 | year=2006] Later the movie also won several prizes in Denmark, including a Bodil for best movie. [da icon Citation | last1=Lindberg | first1=Kristian | title=Følsom transvestitfilm blev dobbelt-hædret | newspaper=Berlingske Tidende | date=2007-02-26 | year=2007] The movie was also nominated for 15 Robert Awards, including Best Movie and Best Screenplay. It did however only win only four awards, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Editor and Best Make-up. [ cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419146/awards |title=Awards for En Soap |accessdate=2008-01-14 |publisher=IMDb ]

Her next feature film will be called "Dancers", and the writing has again been a collaboration between Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson. The movie is "centred round a dance school run by the bright and lively Annika and her no-nonsense mother". [cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/english/Danish+films/Directors/filmFact.htm?FilmID=19954 |title=Dancers |accessdate=2008-01-14 |publisher=Danish Film Institute] As was the case in "A Soap", the movie will star Trine Dyrholm. The movie will also star Anders W. Berthelsen and Birthe Neumann, and is set to open in 2008. [ cite web|url=http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1031237/ |title=Dansen (2008) |accessdate=2008-01-14 |publisher=IMDb ] The Danish newspaper Information has listed "Dancers" as one of the 10 most expected movies of 2008. [da icon cite news | first=Christian | last=Monggaard | title=10 film vi ser frem til i 2008 | date=2008-01-04 | publisher=Dagbladet Information | url =http://information.dk/152626 | accessdate = 2008-01-14]

Filmography

Director:
*"Dansen" (2008) aka "Dancers"
*"En Soap" (2006) aka "A Soap"
*"Habibti min elskede" (2002) aka "Habibti My Love"
*"Indien" (1999)
*"Pigen som var søster' (1997) aka "The Girl Named Sister"

Writer:
*"Dansen" (2008) aka "Dancers"
*"En Soap" (2006) aka "A Soap"
*"Habibti min elskede" (2002) aka "Habibti My Love"
*""'Indien" (1999)

Actress:
*"Deb Blå munk" (1998) .... Den nye servitrice

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278803/ IMDb]