Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a
Danish film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He has made many films and television shows broadcast on Danish television. Per Fly's awards includes the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize in 2005.
Biography
Fly graduated from
The National Film School of Denmark
The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen in the harbour of Copenhagen.
History
The National ...
in 1993. He debuted in 2000 with the feature film ''
Bænken'' (''The Bench''), which told the story of Kaj, a man whose life has led him into serious alcoholism. This film was the first part of what would become the Denmark trilogy, which portrayed situations and characters from the lower, upper and middle classes in Denmark, in that order. The stop-motion animation film ''
Prop og Berta
A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinc ...
''(''Prop and Berta'', 2001) followed ''Bænken'', but was not part of the trilogy. The trilogy continued with ''
Arven'' (''The Inheritance'', 2003) depicting the upper class, and the middle class in ''
Drabet ''(''Manslaughter'', 2005).
In 2007 he shot a series entitled ''
Forestillinger'', broadcast on Danish television
Danmarks Radio. It pivots on the same period of time from the perspective of six different people, whose life situations overlap and intertwine. The meaning of the word ''Forestillinger'' is ambiguous in Danish language, and can refer to "conceptions" or (as in "conceptions about one self") as well as "plays" or "shows" in the theatrical sense. It was titled "Performances" for the English-subtitled DVD release.
With the exception of ''Prop og Berta'', the nature of Per Fly's filmography is centered on the lives of ordinary people, in the vein of social realism. His films explore the conditions under which the characters are living, and try to validate or explain the choices they make through a detailed psychological and social depiction of the characters involved.
Personal life
He is married to Danish actress
Charlotte Fich. They have two children Anton and Aksel together.
Filmography
Other works
Awards
References
External links
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*Per Fly at th
Danish movies and television database
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1960 births
Living people
Danish male screenwriters
Danish film directors
Best Director Guldbagge Award winners
Recipients of the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize
People from Skive Municipality