Thomas Vinterberg

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Thomas Vinterberg (1969) is an award winning Danish film director and playwright. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1993. Together with Lars von Trier, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Kristian Levring, he is one of the four original Dogme brothers. His international breakthrough “The Celebration” (1998), the first film adhering to the Dogme concept, won the Jury Award in Cannes, and his two English-language films that followed, “It’s All About Love” (2003) and “Dear Wendy” (2005), were selected for Sundance. In 2010 “Submarino” was selected for Berlin’s main competition, and the film won the Nordic Council Film Prize. Selected for Cannes Competition 2012, “The Hunt” won the Best Actor award (Mads Mikkelsen) and the Ecumenical Jury award, and DP Charlotte Bruus Christensen was honoured with the Prix Vulcain, the technical achievement award. Vinterberg made his debut as a playwright with “The Funeral” premiering at the prominent Burgtheater in 2010 followed by The Commune in 2012.