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name: "Annette K. Olesen"
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born: "20 November 1965"
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# Annette K. Olesen

Director. Born 20 November 1965 in Copenhagen.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 November 1965, Copenhagen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_K._Olesen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185671, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543592

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Borgen*](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) (84)

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## Biography

Annette K. Olesen is a Danish director and screenwriter. She was born on 20 November 1965 in Copenhagen and graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1991.

Olesen made her feature film debut with *Minor Mishaps* (2002), which premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Blue Angel award. Her subsequent features *In Your Hands* (2004) and *Little Soldier* (2008) were also selected for Berlin, with the latter receiving the festival's ecumenical prize. She directed four episodes of the first season of the series *Borgen* (2010) and the feature *The Shooter* (2013). Later works include *A Matter of Trust* (2022), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Olesen has worked as a teacher at the National Film School of Denmark and served on the boards of Danish Directors and broadcaster TV 2.

*Sources: dfi.dk, imdb.com, da.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Matter of Trust* (2022), Writer, Director
- *The Good Traitor* (2020), Script Consultant
- *The Shooter* (2013), Director
- *Borgen* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Little Soldier* (2008), Director
- *45 cm* (2007), Director
- *1:1* (2006), Director
- *In Your Hands* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Minor Mishaps* (2002), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2002: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Minor Mishaps*
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2002: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Minor Mishaps*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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