Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1970-09-29 (Age: 56)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicolas Winding Refn
Biography
Nicolas Winding RefnĀ (Danish:Ā [ĖneĢkolÉsĀ ĖveĢnteĢÅĖŹĆ¦fnĢ©]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed theĀ PusherĀ trilogyĀ (1996ā2005), the crime dramaĀ BronsonĀ (2008), and the adventure filmĀ Valhalla RisingĀ (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama filmĀ DriveĀ (2011), for which he won theĀ Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for theĀ BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action filmĀ Only God ForgivesĀ (2013) and the psychological horror filmĀ The Neon DemonĀ (2016). In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die YoungĀ (2019), which premiered onĀ Amazon Prime.Ā After Amazon'sĀ Too Old to Die Young, Refn's next project took him toĀ Netflix and saw him returning to his native Copenhagen for the first time sinceĀ Pusher 3, which was the setting for his magical realism series,Ā Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded theĀ Copenhagen-based production companyĀ Space Rocket Nation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Winding Refn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (16)
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
2026
Dario Argento: Panico
2024
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn
2023
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
2015
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Drive Without a Driver
2012
Pusher
2012
NWR
2012
Gambler
2006
Chinaman
2005