Cast & creator
Bille August
Best known for The Count of Monte Cristo, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Klovn
Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His son Anders August is a screenwriter.
49
film credits
14
television credits
8
1977–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
The Count of Monte Cristo
Creator
2025
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Director
1992
Klovn
Bille
2005
The Guldbagge Awards
Self
1981
The House of the Spirits
Director
1993The House of the Spirits
Screenplay
1993
Les Misérables
Director
1998
A Fortunate Man
Director
2018A Fortunate Man
Screenplay
2018A Fortunate Man
Writer
2018A Fortunate Man
Creator
2018
Night Train to Lisbon
Director
2013
Meyerheim & stjernerne
Sig selv
2018
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Director
2023
Dansk films bedste
Sig selv
2022
55 Steps
Director
2018
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007
The Kiss
Director
2022The Kiss
Screenplay
2022
The Chinese Widow
Director
2017
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Director
1997
The Pact
Director
2021
The Best Intentions
Director
1992
Pelle the Conqueror
Director
1987Pelle the Conqueror
Screenplay
1987
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Director
2000
Return to Sender
Director
2004
Goodbye Bafana
Director
2007
A Fortunate Man
Director
2018A Fortunate Man
Screenplay
2018
Marie Kroyer
Director
2012
Silent Heart
Director
2014
The Best Intentions
Director
1991
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Director
1999
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
In My Life
Director
1978
Buster's World
Creator
1984
Jerusalem
Writer
1996Jerusalem
Director
1996
Hemåt i natten
Director of Photography
1977
A Song for Martin
Director
2001A Song for Martin
Writer
2001A Song for Martin
Producer
2001
Zappa
Director
1983Zappa
Screenplay
1983
The Grass Is Singing
Director of Photography
1981
Kärleken
Cinematography
1980
Twist and Shout
Director
1984Twist and Shout
Screenplay
1984
Me, You
Director
Lifting the Veil: Behind the Scenes of Ehrengard
Self
2023
Men Can't Be Raped
Director of Photography
1978
Christiania
Camera Operator
1977Versace: The Medusa Eyes
Director
Versace: The Medusa Eyes
Writer
May
Director
1983Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Self
1989Armani: The King of Fashion
Director
mig og 60erne
2017Thomas - A Child Out of Reach
Camera Operator
1980Buster's World
Director
1984
Jerusalem
Creator
1997Sova Räv
Cinematography
1982