Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director and editor, known for films like ''The Bouncer'', ''

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Pagten ''Pagten'' (English: ''The Pact'') is a Danish television series in the form of televised Advent Calendar that was shown over the Christmas period in 2009. It was written by Maya Ilsøe. It was screened for Jóladagatal Sjónvarpsins in 2011 & ...

''. He also wrote the 2008 series ''

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Retrieved 28 December 2008. In 1989, Nielsen graduated as a film editor from

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and edited feature films by

Anders Refn Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director. Biography Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1969. He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as a 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Refn ...

Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films ''The Celeb ...

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Erik Clausen Erik Clausen (born 7 March 1942) is a Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He has directed fourteen films since 1981. His 2007 film ''Temporary Release'' was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival The 29th Mosco ...

. Nielsen became noted as a director of children's films, such as ''Retfærdigheden rytter'' (1989), ''The Last Viking'' (1997) and ''Forbudt for børn'' (1998). In 2003, Nielsen made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film ''

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