Christoffer Boe

• Born — 7 May 1974 • Birthplace — Rungsted Kyst, Denmark • Other Names — Christoffer Boes • Awards — Golden Camera at Cannes Film Festival 2003 Reconstruction

Boe was born in Rungsted just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. After school in Denmark, he went to study the history of cinematography in Indiana University in Bloomington, United States. Then, he continued his studies in Copenhagen University. In 1997 he decided to go deep into movie making and was accepted at the National Film School of Denmark director's course. There, Boe developed a style of movie making and playing with narrative structure. During that time, he directed a trilogy of short films: Obsession (1999), Virginity (2000) and Anxiety (2001). They were 20 to 30 minutes long and starred Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. They're all basically about a young male being obsessed by a beautiful woman and then being trapped in his own logic of what love is. "Anxiety" received the Prix Decouverte de la Critique Francais and was screened in Critic's Week in 2002. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001.

In 2001, he made 6 episodes (each 10 minutes) of TV series Kissmeyer Basics. In 2004, he shot a short film Europe Does Not Exist as part of Visions of Europe with Cecilie Thomsen and Henning Moritzen representing Denmark in this European Union media project. His fourth feature film– the thriller Everything will be Fine was selected for Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), marking the third Danish film to be selected for 2010 Cannes International Film Festival.

After graduating from film school, Boe became the head of the Hr. Boe & Co. consisting of a group of filmmakers who gathered together because of a mutual adoration for the perfect frame while studying at the National Film School of Denmark. In spite of the fact that their debut (Anxiety in 2001) occurred while studying for final exams, their first feature film Reconstruction was released in 2003 and was the team's first actual collaborative work. Boe was so satisfied with Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas playing in his students shorts – so he wrote Reconstruction specifically with them in mind. The other basic members are: • Tine Grew Pfeiffer (film producer) • Manuel Alberto Claro (director of photography) • Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (film editor) • Morten Green (sound designer)

• His production company is named after the film Alphaville and he is an atheist. • Christoffer about Lars Von Trier: "I think there are ten or twenty guys like him, who you just have to look at. He is one of those. I find his position as a very confrontational and controversial man kind of funny. To me he's not controversial figure, he's just a very interesting film maker".

• Kissmeyer Basic (2001 TV series) • Visions of Europe (2004, segment "Europe Does Not Exist") • Face to Face or Forhøret (2019, 2021, 2023 TV series)

• Obsession (1999) • Virginity (2000) • Anxiety (2001)

• Reconstruction (2003) • Allegro (2005) • Offscreen (2006) • Everything will be Fine (2010) • Beast (2010) • Sex, Drugs & Taxation (2013) • A Taste of Hunger (2021)