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name: "Jesper W. Nielsen"
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roles: ["Second unit director","Director"]
born: "15 August 1962"
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updated: "2026-09-17T14:15:59.901732+00:00"
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# Jesper W. Nielsen

Second unit director and director. Born 15 August 1962 in Gentofte, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director, Director
- **Born:** 15 August 1962, Gentofte, Danmark
- **Also known as:** Йеспер В. Нильсен
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesper_W._Nielsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12319685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630861/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99747

## Streaming the US now

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

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jesper W. Nielsen is a Danish film and television director. He graduated as a film editor from the National Film School of Denmark in 1989 and edited early features before moving into directing.

He first gained attention for children's films such as *The Last Viking* (1997) and *Forbudt for børn* (1998). His breakthrough came with the adult drama *Okay* (2002), which won the Dreyer Award. Nielsen directed episodes of the series *Borgen* (2011–2013) and *Dicte* (2014), as well as features including *The Day Will Come* (2016) and *The Exception* (2019). He has also worked on international productions such as the BBC series *Redwater* (2017) and *Darkness: Those Who Kill* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk, smatalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Off the Record* (2024), series, Director
- *Max Anger* (2021), series, Writer, Director
- *The Exception* (2019), Director
- *Darkness: Those Who Kill* (2019), series, Director
- *Greyzone* (2018), series, Director
- *Kat & Alfie: Redwater* (2017), series, Director
- *The Day Will Come* (2017), series, Director
- *The Day Will Come* (2016), Director
- *Seaside Hotel* (2013), series, Director
- *Dicte* (2013), series, Director
- *Lykke* (2011), series, Director, Second Unit Director
- *Borgen* (2010), series, Director, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Pagten* (2009), series, Director
- *Through a Glass, Darkly* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Sommer* (2008), series, Screenplay, Writer, Creator
- *Doxa* (2005), Editor
- *Big Plans!* (2005), Director
- *The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey* (2004), series, Director
- *The Bouncer* (2003), Writer, Director
- *Okay* (2002), Director
- *Skorstensspöket och andra läskigheter* (1999), Director
- *Hela härligheten* (1998), Editor
- *Kvinnan i det låsta rummet* (1998), series, Editor
- *Little Big Sister* (1998), Director
- *The Noodlepoop* (1997), Director
- *The Last Viking* (1997), Director
- *Southern Comfort* (1997), Director
- *The Biggest Heroes* (1996), Editor
- *The Bogey Man* (1996), Director
- *Carl, My Childhood Symphony* (1994), Editor
- *Black Harvest* (1993), Editor
- *Perfect World* (1990), Editor
- *The Knight of Justice* (1989), Director

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