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Susanne Bier

Awards

Susanne Bier

43 wins & 41 nominations

Angers European First Film Festival

  • Klamek ji bo Beko (1992)
    1993 Winner Audience Award
    • Feature Film
    • Klamek ji bo Beko
    Shared with: Nizamettin Ariç
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Winner C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • Freud Leaving Home
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Winner Audience Award
    • Feature Film
    • Freud Leaving Home

Bodil Awards

  • Susanne Bier
    2022 Winner Honorary Award
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Film (Bedste danske film)
    • In a Better World
  • After the Wedding (2006)
    2007 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Film (Bedste danske film)
    • After the Wedding
  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Film (Bedste danske film)
    • Brothers
  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2003 Winner Bodil
    • Best Film (Bedste danske film)
    • Open Hearts

BAFTA Awards

  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Director: Fiction
    • The Night Manager

Créteil International Women's Film Festival

  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film (Meilleur Long Metràge Fiction)
    • Brothers
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Winner Grand Prix
    • Freud Leaving Home

David di Donatello Awards

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Nominee David
    • Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
    • In a Better World

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in The Undoing (2020)
    2021 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
    • The Undoing

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2016 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
    • The Night Manager
  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Limited Series
    • The Night Manager
    Shared with: Stephen Garrett · Simon Cornwell · Stephen Cornwell · David Farr · John le Carré · Tom Hiddleston · Hugh Laurie · Alexei Boltho · William D. Johnson · Rob Bullock

European Film Awards

  • Susanne Bier
    2021 Winner Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Love Is All You Need
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Winner European Film Award
    • European Comedy
    • Love Is All You Need
    Shared with: Sisse Graum Jørgensen · Vibeke Windeløv
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • In a Better World
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Winner European Film Award
    • European Director
    • In a Better World

Fantasporto

  • Credo (1997)
    1999 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Credo

Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival

  • After the Wedding (2006)
    2007 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • After the Wedding

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2004 Winner Critics Award
    • Brothers

Guldbagge Awards

  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Nominee Guldbagge
    • Best Direction (Bästa regi)
    • Freud Leaving Home

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)
    • In a Better World

Lübeck Nordic Film Days

  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2002 Winner Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film
    • Open Hearts

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Loa Falkman in Like It Never Was Before (1995)
    1995 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Official Competition
    • Like It Never Was Before
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1991 Winner Montréal First Film Prize - Special Mention
    • Freud Leaving Home

Munich Film Festival

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Winner Bernhard Wicki Film Award
    • Best Film
    • In a Better World

PGA Awards

  • Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in The Undoing (2020)
    2021 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
    • The Undoing
    Shared with: David E. Kelley · Per Saari · Nicole Kidman · Bruna Papandrea · Stephen Garrett · Celia D. Costas · Deb Dyer
  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2017 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
    • The Night Manager
    Season 1
    Shared with: Simon Cornwell · Stephen Garrett · Stephen Cornwell · Hugh Laurie · Tom Hiddleston · David Farr · John le Carré · William D. Johnson · Alexei Boltho · Rob Bullock

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • A Second Chance
    Shared with: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Nominee Robert
    • Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
    • Love Is All You Need
    Shared with: Sisse Graum Jørgensen · Vibeke Windeløv
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Nominee Robert
    • Best Director (Årets instruktør)
    • Love Is All You Need
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Comedy
    • Love Is All You Need
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Nominee Robert
    • Best Director (Årets instruktør)
    • In a Better World

Rouen Nordic Film Festival

  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2003 Winner Press Award
    • Open Hearts
  • Family Matters (1993)
    1994 Winner Audience Award
    • Family Matters
  • Family Matters (1993)
    1994 Winner ACOR Award
    • Family Matters

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2014 Winner SIGNIS Award
    • A Second Chance
  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Best Film
    • A Second Chance
  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2004 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Brothers
  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Open Hearts

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2015 Nominee Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • A Second Chance
    3rd runner-up

Sundance Film Festival

  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Brothers
  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Brothers

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2002 Winner International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) - Special Mention
    • Open Hearts
    For the fact that it proves that dogma has come of age and matured into a potent cinematic language that skillfully captures the freeing of real emotions that extreme trauma creates within the lives of the characters in her film.

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Winner Best New Director
    • Best New Director
    • Freud Leaving Home
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Freud Leaving Home

Venice Film Festival

  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2012 Nominee Queer Lion Award
    • Love Is All You Need

Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Loa Falkman in Like It Never Was Before (1995)
    1998 Nominee Rosebud
    • Best Film
    • Like It Never Was Before

Cinéfest Sudbury

  • After the Wedding (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • After the Wedding

Nordic Council

  • After the Wedding (2006)
    2006 Nominee Nordic Council's Film Prize
    • After the Wedding
    Shared with: Anders Thomas Jensen · Sisse Graum Jørgensen
  • Open Hearts (2002)
    2002 Nominee Nordic Council's Film Prize
    • Open Hearts
    Shared with: Anders Thomas Jensen · Vibeke Windeløv

Boston Independent Film Festival

  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Winner Audience Award
    • Narrative
    • Brothers

Göteborg Film Festival

  • Susanne Bier
    2016 Winner Nordic Honorary Dragon Award
  • Freud Leaving Home (1991)
    1992 Winner Dragon Award
    • Best Nordic Film
    • Freud Leaving Home

Zulu Awards

  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2013 Nominee Zulu
    • Best Film (Årets danske film)
    • Love Is All You Need

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

  • Sandra Bullock, Julian Edwards, and Vivien Lyra Blair in Bird Box (2018)
    2019 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Streaming Premiere Film
    • Bird Box

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

  • After the Wedding (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • After the Wedding

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

  • Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen in Brothers (2004)
    2005 Winner Grand Prize
    • Brothers

Shanghai International TV Festival

  • Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in The Undoing (2020)
    2021 Nominee Magnolia Award
    • Best Foreign TV Film/Miniseries
    • The Undoing
    Shared with: Celia D. Costas · Stephen Garrett · Bruna Papandrea · Nicole Kidman · Per Saari · David E. Kelley · Deb Dyer

Jeonju International Film Festival

  • Credo (1997)
    2000 Nominee Daring Digital Award
    • N-Vision
    • Credo

Rome Film Fest

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2010 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • In a Better World
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • In a Better World
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2010 Nominee Golden Marc'Aurelio Award
    • In a Better World

Golden Globes, Italy

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2011 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best European Film (Miglior Film Europeo)
    • In a Better World

CinEuphoria Awards

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2012 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
    • In a Better World

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2014 Nominee Black Pearl Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • A Second Chance
  • Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm in Love Is All You Need (2012)
    2012 Nominee Black Pearl Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Love Is All You Need

Les Arcs European Film Festival

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance (2014)
    2014 Nominee Crystal Arrow
    • A Second Chance

Bafta TV Craft

  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA Television Craft Award
    • Director: Fiction
    • The Night Manager

Seville European Film Festival

  • In a Better World (2010)
    2010 Winner Best Director
    • In a Better World
  • In a Better World (2010)
    2010 Winner Best Screenplay
    • In a Better World
    Shared with: Anders Thomas Jensen

Seoul International Drama Awards

  • Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone in The Night Manager (2016)
    2016 Winner Individual Award
    • Best Director
    • The Night Manager

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