Birger Larsen (director)

Birger Larsen (born 22 December 1961) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film for his 1990 film Dance of the Polar Bears (Danish: Lad isbjørnene danse). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for his film Sweethearts (1996). In 2013, he directed the first episode of Crimes of Passion.

Filmography

Work	Year	Credit	Notes
Murder	2016	Direction	TV series (Episode: "The Third Voice")
Murder: Joint Enterprise	2012	Direction	TV Film
Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past	2012	Direction	DK/Feature
Those Who Kill	2010	Direction	TV series
Super Brother	2009	Direction	DK/Feature
The Killing	2007	Direction	TV series
Steget efter	2005	Direction	Feature
Skagerrak	2003	Director: 2. unit	DK/Feature
Den 5:e kvinnan	2002	Direction	TV series
Nikolaj og Julie	2002	Direction	TV series
Eye of the Eagle	1997	Director: 2. unit	DK/Feature
TAXA	1997	Direction	TV series
Sweethearts	1996	Direction	DK/Short fiction
Frihedens skygge	1994	Direction	TV series
Længe leve friheden	1993	Direction	TV film
The big dipper	1992	Direction	DK/Feature
Dance of the Polar Bears	1990	Direction	DK/Feature
Love on the rails	1989	Assistant director	DK/Feature
Shower of Gold	1988	Assistant director	DK/Feature
Heaven and Hell	1988	Director: 2. unit	DK/Feature
Huller i suppen	1988	Editing	DK/Feature
Emma's shadow	1988	Assistant director	DK/Feature
Tonny Toupé show	1985	Billardspiller med solbriller	TV series
The Element of Crime	1984	Best boy: 2. unit	DK/Feature
Beauty and the Beast	1983	Assistant lighting technician	DK/Feature
Wanna see my beautiful navel?	1978	Claus	DK/Feature

External links

• Birger Larsen at the Internet Movie Database
• Birger Larsen in the Danish National Filmography
• The making of Murder: Behind the scenes with director Birger Larsen
• Bodil award 1991