Susanne Bier (b. 1960)

Alias:
수잔 비에르

Birthplace:
Copenhagen, Denmark

Born:
April 15, 1960

Susanne Bier (Danish: [suˈsænə ˈpiɐ̯ˀ]; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager).  Bier debuted her feature film with Freud's Leaving Home (1991). She directed a string of films, including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding(2006), and In a Better World (2010), the later of which earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Love Is All You Need (2012), Serena (2014), and Bird Box(2018).  She directed the BBC One / AMC miniseries The Night Manager (2016) on television, earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. She also directed the HBO psychological miniseries The Undoing (2020), the Showtime historical anthology series The First Lady (2022), and the Netflix mystery series, The Perfect Couple (2024).  Description above from the Wikipedia article Susanne Bier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Additional Writing:
1989  Notes on Love

Director:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
????  Practical Magic 2

Executive Producer:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2002  The One and Only
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
2023  Bird Box Barcelona
????  Practical Magic 2

Producer:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2002  The One and Only
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
2023  Bird Box Barcelona
????  Practical Magic 2

Screenplay:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2002  The One and Only
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
2023  Bird Box Barcelona
????  Practical Magic 2

Story:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2002  The One and Only
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
2023  Bird Box Barcelona
????  Practical Magic 2

Writer:
1989  Notes on Love
1991  Freud Leaving Home
1992  Letter to Jonas
1993  Family Matters
1995  Like It Never Was Before
1997  Credo
1999  The One and Only
2000  Once in a Lifetime
2002  Open Hearts
2002  The One and Only
2004  Brothers
2006  After the Wedding
2007  Things We Lost in the Fire
2009  Brothers
2010  In a Better World
2012  Love Is All You Need
2014  A Second Chance
2014  Serena
2018  Bird Box
2023  Bird Box Barcelona
????  Practical Magic 2

Director:
2016  The Night Manager
2020  The Undoing
2022  The First Lady
2024  The Perfect Couple

Executive Producer:
2016  The Night Manager
2020  The Undoing
2022  The First Lady
2024  The Perfect Couple

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