Anders Refn
Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director.
Anders Refn
- Name
- Anders Refn
- Born
- 8 April 1944
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, German occupied Denmark
- Occupation
- Film editor and director
- Spouse
- Vibeke Winding
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Education
- National Film School of Denmark
- Honours
- Robert Award for Best Editing · Bodil Honorary Award
- Languages
- Danish
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• Name — Anders Refn • Born — 8 April 1944 • Birthplace — Copenhagen, German occupied Denmark • Occupation — Film editor and director • Years Active — 1966–present • Spouse — Vibeke Winding • Children — Nicolas Winding Refn
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Anders Refn, recorded as a director, screenwriter and film editor, was born on 8 April 1944 in Copenhagen. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1969. He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Refn has often worked as assistant director and technical director, and worked with Lars von Trier as editor of Breaking the Waves (1996) and Antichrist (2009). He was assistant director of Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac (2013). Refn in 2004 was awarded an Honorary Bodil Award for his overall achievement in Danish film. Refn is married to cinematographer Vibeke Winding; they are parents of Nicolas Winding Refn, who has also become a director, editor, and producer.
Filmography
Filmography
• Work — Year — Credit — Notes • The Loose Tile — 1966 — Assistant — Feature • Flagermusen — 1966 — Assistant — Feature • Virtue Runs Wild — 1966 — Assistant — Feature • Pretty-Arne and Rosa — 1967 — Assistant director — Feature • Dreamers — 1967 — Assistant director — Feature • Dr. Glas — 1968 — Assistant editor — Feature • Miss Julie — 1969 — Editing — Short fiction • Jazz All Around — 1969 — Assistant director — Feature • Den gale dansker — 1969 — Editing — Feature • Tintomara — 1970 — Editing — Feature • Vilde engle – en minoritet i Danmark — 1971 — Editing — Documentary • The Squatters — 1971 — Editing — Documentary • Lost in the Sand — 1971 — Editing — Feature • With Love — 1971 — Editing — Feature • Dear Irene — 1971 — Editing — Feature • The Case of the Missing Clerk — 1971 — Assistant director — Feature • The Work of the Devil — 1972 — Editing — Feature • Mor, jeg har patienter — 1972 — Editing — Feature • Karen — 1973 — Editing — Short fiction • Er kongen død? — 1973 — Editing — Documentary • The Escape — 1973 — Assistant director — Feature • Sacked! — 1973 — Assistant director — Feature • Prince Piwi — 1974 — Script — Feature • Sam på banegården — 1975 — Editing — Short fiction • Arbejdsløs — 1975 — Editing — Documentary • The Impossible Hour — 1975 — Editing — Documentary • Hvid mands sæd — 1975 — Editing — Documentary • Klaus Rifbjerg — 1975 — Editing — Documentary • Strømer — 1976 — Direction — Feature • Hearts Are Trump — 1976 — Assistant director — Feature • Terror — 1977 — Editing — Feature • A Fisherman from Hanstholm — 1977 — Editing — Documentary • The Heritage — 1978 — Direction — Feature • Me and Charly — 1978 — Editing — Feature • Dancing Bournonville — 1979 — Editing — Documentary • Johnny Larsen — 1979 — Editing — Feature • Next Stop – Paradise — 1980 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Hotel of the Stars — 1981 — Editing — Documentary • Rubber Tarzan — 1981 — Editing — Feature • The Circus Casablanca — 1981 — Editing — Feature • Felix — 1982 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Electric Boogie — 1983 — Editing — Documentary • Land of Plenty — 1983 — Editing — Feature • Phoenix bird — 1984 — Editing — Documentary • Ophelia Comes to Town — 1985 — Editing — Feature • De flyvende djævle — 1985 — Direction — Feature, Robert Award for Best Danish Film • Kedsomhedens svøbe — 1986 — Editing — Documentary • Take It Easy — 1986 — Editing — Feature • Een gang strømer... — 1987 — Direction — TV series • Heaven and Hell — 1988 — Director: 2. unit — Feature • På optagelse med Steven Spielberg — 1990 — Direction — Documentary • The Village — 1991 — Direction — TV series • Hayfever — 1991 — Assistant director — Feature • Il ritorno — 1992 — Assistant director — Feature • Black Harvest — 1993 — Direction — Feature • Dad's Bright Idea — 1994 — Technical director — Feature • Carl, My Childhood Symphony — 1994 — Editing — Feature • Two Green Feathers — 1995 — Editing — Feature • Breaking the Waves — 1996 — Editor — Feature • TAXA — 1997 — Direction — TV series • Seth — 1999 — Direction — Short fiction • The Magnetist's Fifth Winter — 1999 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Dancer in the Dark — 2000 — Assisting director — Feature • Sophie's Heart — 2001 — Editing — Short fiction • Stargazer — 2002 — Consultant — Documentary • P.O.V. - Point of View — 2002 — Editing — Feature • Baby — 2003 — Editing — Feature • Move Me — 2003 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Dogville — 2003 — Assisting director — Feature • Niceland — 2004 — Editing — Feature • Popular Music — 2004 — Editing — Feature • What's Wrong with This Picture? — 2004 — Editing — Feature • Hvorfor har mænd magten? — 2004 — Editing — Documentary • The Danish Solution — 2005 — Editing — Documentary • The Leap — 2005 — Editing — Feature • Samurai — 2006 — Editing supervisor — Short fiction • Out — 2006 — Editing — Short fiction • Mrs Eilersen and Mehmet — 2006 — Editing — Short fiction • Mother Dearest — 2007 — Editing — Short fiction • Echo — 2007 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Milosevic on Trial — 2007 — Editing — Documentary • Ledsaget udgang — 2007 — Editing — Feature • My Black Little Heart — 2008 — Editor — Feature • Am I Black Enough for You — 2008 — Editing — Documentary • Max Manus: Man of War — 2008 — Editing — Feature • Necrobusiness — 2008 — Editing — Documentary • Go With Peace, Jamil — 2008 — Editing — Feature • Antichrist — 2009 — Editor — Feature • Limbo — 2010 — Editing — Documentary • My Father from Haifa — 2010 — Editing — Documentary • Freedom on Parole — 2010 — Editing — Feature • Nothing's All Bad — 2010 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Pockets of Resistance — 2011 — Consultant — Documentary • Thors saga — 2011 — Editing — Documentary • ID:A — 2011 — Editor — Feature • Beast (2011 film) — 2011 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Karen Blixen – Behind Her Mask — 2011 — Editing supervisor — Documentary • The President — 2011 — Editing supervisor — Documentary • All for One — 2011 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Melancholia — 2011 — Assisting director — Feature • Kon-Tiki — 2012 — Editing supervisor — Feature • Ginger & Rosa — 2012 — Chief editor — Feature • Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal — 2012 — Editing supervisor — Feature • This life — 2012 — Technical director — Feature • Tabu — 2012 — Editing — Short fiction • Memories of My Melancholy Whores (film) — 2012 — Editing — Feature • Nymphomaniac — 2013 — Assisting director — Feature • What We Become — 2015 — Editor — Feature • Into the Darkness — 2020 — Director — Feature • The Middle Man — 2021 — Editor — Feature • Min fjendes fjende: Bedraget i Helmand — 2023 — Editor — Documentary • Diagnonsense — 2024 — Editor — Documentary • Sanningen — 2023-2024 — Co-editor — TV Series
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- 1.Schepelern, P. Filmleksikon. Gyldendal. 712. 2010. 978-87-02-04523-9.
- 2.Kulissernes uundværlige Refn fylder rundt. Berlingske.dk. 8 April 2014.
- 3.Scarecrow Press. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. 323–. 31 August 2012. 978-0-8108-5524-3.
- 4.Kulissernes uundværlige Refn fylder rundt. www.b.dk. 5 April 2014.
- 5.Intellect Books. The Danish Directors: Dialogues on a Contemporary National Cinema. 227–. 1 January 2003. 978-1-84150-841-2.
- 6."Dogville" årets danske film. www.b.dk. 7 March 2004.
- 7.Nicolas Winding Refn — Gyldendal — Den Store Danske.
- 8.Piil, Morten. Gyldendals danske filmguide. Gyldendal. 172–. 2008. 978-87-02-06669-2.
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