Christoffer Boe (born 1974) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are

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Director of the Year at

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and Golden Camera at

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in 2003. He is also co-founder and director of the film production company

AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen is a film production company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded by director Christoffer Boe and producer Tine Grew Pfeiffer in 2003, following Boe's debut feature film, ''Reconstruction'', which was prod ...

Early life and education

Boe was born in

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just north of

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, Denmark. After school in Denmark, he went to study the history of cinematography in

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in Bloomington, United States. Then, he continued his studies in

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. In 1997 he decided to go deep into movie making and was accepted at the

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director's course. During that time he directed a trilogy of short films: ''Obsession'' (1999), ''Virginity'' (2000) and ''Anxiety'' (2001). They were 20 to 30 minutes long and starred

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and

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

. They're all basically about a young male being obsessed by a beautiful woman and then being trapped in his own logic of what love is. "Anxiety" received the Prix Decouverte de la Critique Francais and was screened in Critic's Week in 2002. At that point Boe developed a style of movie making and playing with narrative structure. He graduated from the

in 2001.

Career

After the graduation he is the head of so-called " Hr. Boe & Co." team. In spite of the fact that their debut was even during studying (''Anxiety'' in 2001), their first feature film ''

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'' released in 2003 has become their first actual collaborative work. He was so satisfied with

and

playing in his students shorts – so he wrote ''

'' specifically with them in mind. This real debut was well received by critics on international film festivals. In 2001 he made 6 episodes (each 10 minutes) of TV series ''Kissmeyer Basics''. In 2004 he shot a short film ''Europe Does Not Exist'' as part of '' Visions of Europe'' with

Cecilie Thomsen Cecilie Thomsen (born 29 October 1974) is a Danish actress and model. Early life and education Thomsen was born on the island Bogø in Denmark. Career Internationally, Cecilie Thomsen is best known for playing the minor Bond girl role of Pro ...

and

Henning Moritzen Henning Moritzen (3 August 1928 – 11 August 2012) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1950 and 2010. He was born in Taarbæk, Denmark. Partial filmography Film * ''John og Irene'' (1949) – Gæst ved Carl ...

representing

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in this

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media project. His fourth

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– thriller ''

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'' was selected for Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), marking the third Danish film to be selected for 2010 Cannes International Film Festival.

Hr. Boe & Co.

Boe is the head of so-called Hr. Boe & Co. consisting of a group of filmmakers who gathered together because of a mutual adoration for the ''perfect frame'' while studying at the

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. The other basic members are: *

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(

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) *

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(

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) *

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(

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) * Morten Green (

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) ''

'' is Hr. Boe & Co.'s feature film début.

Trivia

* His production company is named after the film '' Alphaville'' and he is an atheist. * Christoffer about

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: "I think there are ten or twenty guys like him, who you just have to look at. He is one of those. I find his position as a very confrontational and controversial man kind of funny. To me he's not controversial figure, he's just a very interesting film maker".

Filmography

Short films (student works)

* ''Obsession'' (1999) * ''Virginity'' (2000) * ''Anxiety'' (2001)

Feature films

* ''

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Beast'' (2010) * '' Sex, Drugs & Taxation'' (2013) * '' A Taste of Hunger'' (2021)

Other

* ''Kissmeyer Basic'' (2001 TV series) * '' Visions of Europe'' (2004, segment "Europe Does Not Exist")

Awards

* 2003 San Sebastián Film Festival FIPRESCI Director of the Year * 2003

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for ''Reconstruction'' * 2006 ''Young Cinema Award'' at the

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for ''Offscreen'' * 2006 Altre Visioni Award at the

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for ''Offscreen'' * 2006 win at

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for ''Offscreen'' * 2012 Dauphin d'Or at

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for "We are Maersk" * 2015 Dauphin d'Argent at

for "Danfoss Engineering Tomorrow"

Quotes on filmmaking

* "I liked movies so much that they became an obsession. I am still trying to kick the habit."Biography on IMDB
/ref> * "Making it good, which is tougher than one might think. Creating rules and an inner logic in a cinematic world where everything is possible is not easy. Or maybe it is, but it wasn't for me."Christoffer Boe: "I liked movies so much that they became an obsession. I am still trying to kick the habit."
/ref>

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boe, Christoffer 1974 births Danish film directors Directors of Caméra d'Or winners Living people Danish male screenwriters People from Hørsholm Municipality