Nicolai Fuglsig () is a Danish film director and photojournalist. He graduated from the

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. In 1999, his book on an untold

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(

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pollution by the

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plutonium production site) won the ICP Infinity Award in

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and the

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First Prize, as well as the Kodak prize for Best Photographer Under 30. While on assignment as a

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in the

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, Fuglsig learned directing as he recorded footage that eventually became a 15-minute documentary, ''Return of the Exiled''. The film was shown on Danish national television and was screened in

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s. Today, in addition to his commercial career, Fuglsig has a number of high concept movie projects in various stages of production, backed by major

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and independent financiers. Fuglsig won the Gold Lion in the

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in June 2006, and the Grand Prix at the Midsummer Awards in London in July 2006, for his work on a

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featuring 250,000 bouncing balls let loose on the largest hill in

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( Filbert and Leavenworth). He made his American feature film debut in 2018 with ''

12 Strong ''12 Strong'' (also known as ''12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers'') is a 2018 American action-war film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton's non-fict ...

''.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2018) - Director

References

20th-century Danish photographers 21st-century Danish photographers Danish photographers Living people 1972 births Television commercial directors Directors Guild of America Award winners Danish film directors People from Helsingør Advertising directors {{tv-director-stub