Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Danish

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and producer. Bornedal was born in

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 23,718 (1 January 2021). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically its o ...

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. He wrote and directed '' Nattevagten'' (''Nightwatch'', 1994), a thriller about a law student who works in a

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as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake ('' Nightwatch'') in 1997, starring

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and

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. In 2002, he directed ''

I Am Dina ''I Am Dina'' is a 2002 Norwegian- Swedish-Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on the 1989 book ''Dinas bok'' (''Dina's Book'') by Herbjørg Wassmo. It was one of the most high-profile films in Norwegian movie history. Plot ...

''. Other Danish films include ''

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'' (2007), ''Just Another Love Story'' (2007), and ''Deliver Us from Evil''. He directed the English-language film ''

The Possession ''The Possession'' is a 2012 American supernatural horror film directed by Ole Bornedal and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and J. R. Young, and written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Nat ...

'' (2012) and was one of the producers of the horror film '' Mimic''. In 2014 he wrote and directed the epic historical drama ''

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'', the most expensive Danish TV series in history, chronicling the

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through the story of two brothers. He is married to the Danish actress,

Helle Fagralid Helle Fagralid (born 11 May 1976) is a Danish actress who has appeared in number of feature films and television series. Career Fagralid played Iben in the TV-series ''Nikolaj og Julie'' (2002–2003), Freja, the goddess of love, in the TV-se ...

, and has three children.

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* * 1959 births Living people People from Nørresundby Danish film directors Danish male actors Horror film directors {{Denmark-film-director-stub