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Susanne Bier (born 15 April 1960) is a Danish film director best known for her commercial features After The Wedding and Academy-Award-winning-film, In a Better World.

Susanne Bier was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied art and architecture prior to her acceptance to the National Film School of Denmark from where she graduated in 1987. She went on to direct various films in Denmark and Sweden, her first commercial success being the romantic comedy The One and Only in 1999. Later films include Brothers (2004), After The Wedding (2006) and In a Better World (2010) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) is her only American film to date, however it was recently announced that she will direct the American adaptation of Rapt. In 2011, she won her first Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Film

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Things We Lost In The Fire: Halle Berry and Susanne Bier Interview - 29 January 2008
- -We rubbed shoulders with the mesmerising Halle Berry, along with influential Danish director Susanne Bier, to talk about new drama Things We Lost In the Fire. Berry plays recent widow Audrey Burke, whose family is fatefully brought together by her late husband'

Susanne Bier - what members say

Open Hearts review by EdWood from London

Dogme Drama 9 February 2005
...Susanne Bier's entry into the Dogme 95 project is a relatively straightforward tragedy by comparison with some of the other Danish films made under the lo-fi manifesto. ... Read customer review

Brothers review by from London

Another Danish masterpiece 9 May 2005
...In Denmark Susanne Bier is best known for her comedy 'The One and Only' but since Brothers were released she has shown the world that she is also an excellent director when... Read customer review

Things We Lost in the Fire review by twosoddingcats from

Benicio Del Toro is oustanding in this.... 31 October 2011
...You can tell this is directed by a European, Danish director Susanne Bier, as she manages to tell the story at the right pace with great attention to detail without the fil... Read customer review

Susanne Bier - filmography

Lost For Words (2010)
Starring: Zhang Ziyi
Director: Susanne Bier
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A movie star lothario finds himself falling in love with a beautiful Chinese actress and her female translator.

55% from 4 members
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In a Better World on DVD (2010)
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen
Director: Susanne Bier
Certificate:
Winner of the 2011 Oscar & Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film, IN A BETTER WORLD is a gripping drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from internationally acclaimed director Susanne Bier(After The Wedding) From a war-torn refugee camp to the deceptively idyllic Danish countryside,..read more »

76% from 594 members

In a Better World - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen
Director: Susanne Bier
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Winner of the 2011 Oscar & Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film, IN A BETTER WORLD is a gripping drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from internationally acclaimed director Susanne Bier (After The Wedding). From a war-torn refugee camp to the deceptively idyllic Danish ..read more »

77% from 196 members

Things We Lost in the Fire on DVD (2007)
Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny
Director: Susanne Bier
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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.

64% from 9,388 members

Things We Lost In The Fire - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Omar Benson Miller, John Carroll Lynch, David Duchovny
Director: Susanne Bier
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Danish director Susanne Bier gained international acclaim when she was nominated for an Oscar for 2006's AFTER THE WEDDING, but before that she had strong ties to the hyper-realistic, documentary style of the Dogme 95 group. In her U.S. debut, THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE, Bier effectively brings ..read more »

65% from 468 members

After The Wedding on DVD (2006)
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgard
Director: Susanne Bier
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Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jorgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob ..read more »

71% from 8,224 members

Brothers on DVD (2004)
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Director: Susanne Bier
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Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.

65% from 2,197 members

Open Hearts on DVD (2003)
Starring: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen
Director: Susanne Bier
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In Susanne Bier's achingly tender drama, filmed according to the tenets of the Dogme 95 collective, the fates of two couples are forever altered in the blink of an eye. Joachim (Nicolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Ricther) are a young couple on the verge of marriage. But before they can make it ..read more »

71% from 1,763 member

Susanne Bier facts

5 most recent films

Lost For Words - 3.0 stars
In a Better World - 4.0 stars
In a Better World - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Things We Lost in the Fire - 3.0 stars
Things We Lost In The Fire - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

In a Better World - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
In a Better World - 4.0 stars
Open Hearts - 3.5 stars
After The Wedding - 3.5 stars
Things We Lost In The Fire - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lost For Words - 3.0 stars
Things We Lost in the Fire - 3.0 stars
Brothers - 3.5 stars
Things We Lost In The Fire - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
After The Wedding - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ulrich Thomsen - 4 times - show films
Nikolaj Lie Kaas - 3 times - show films
David Duchovny - 2 times - show films
Mads Mikkelsen - 2 times - show films
Bent Mejding - 2 times - show films

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