Michael Noer (; born 27 December 1978) is a Danish film director.

Education and career

Noer studied at the

European Film College European Film College (Danish: Den Europæiske Filmhøjskole) is a film school and a Danish folk high school in Denmark, offering 1-year film foundation programme in practical filmmaking covering the fields of screenwriting, camera, sound, acting ...

and later at the

National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Ministry of Culture of Denmark, Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen, Copenhagen, Holmen in ...

, where he graduated from the documentary programme in 2003. His 2007 documentary, ''Vesterbro'', received a Special Mention at the

Copenhagen International Documentary Festival CPH:DOX is the official name for the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, an international documentary film festival established in 2003 and held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. CPH:DOX has since grown to become one of the largest ...

(CPH:DOX). Co-directing with

Tobias Lindholm Tobias Lindholm (born 5 July 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His 2015 directed film ''A War'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to ''A War'', he has directed the films '' R'' (2010), ...

, Noer made his narrative feature debut with the 2010 prison drama '' R'', which won the

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film ( da, Bodilprisen for bedste danske film) is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in E ...

and the

Robert Award for Best Danish Film The Robert Award for Best Danish Film ( da, Robert Prisen for årets danske spillefilm) is presented at an annual Robert Award ceremony by the Danish Film Academy Honorees 1980s * 1984: ''Beauty and the Beast'' (''Skønheden og udyret'') dire ...

and earned them the Robert Award for Best Director. He subsequently directed ''

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'' and '' Key House Mirror'', which were released in 2013 and in 2015, respectively. In 2017, his first English-language film, '' Papillon'', a remake of the 1973 film, premiered at the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...

. In 2018, ''

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'', his fifth feature set in 19th-century rural Denmark, premiered at the

. It also competed at the

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...

, where it won the Special Jury Prize and the Award for Best Actor.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noer, Michael 1978 births Danish documentary film directors Danish film directors Danish male screenwriters Living people People from Esbjerg