Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a Danish

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, 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 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 ''(''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

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. 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

* *Per Fly at th
Danish movies and television database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fly, Per 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