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name: "Louise Vesth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louise-vesth"
fi1m_id: "louise-vesth"
imdb_id: "nm0895366"
tmdb_id: 57018
wikidata_id: "Q2773155"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 March 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-06T04:27:56.715926+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Louise Vesth

## Identity

Louise Vesth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louise-vesth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louise-vesth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0895366
- **TMDB ID:** 57018
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2773155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Vesth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2773155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57018

Producer. Born 18 March 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 March 1973
- **Active:** 2011–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Meta Louise Foldager](https://film.one/person/meta-louise-foldager-srensen.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Vesth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2773155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57018

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Melancholia*](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md) (80), [*A Royal Affair*](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md) (70)

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## Biography

Louise Vesth is a Danish film producer. She holds a BA in economics from Aarhus School of Business and graduated from the producing programme at the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. Since then she has worked at the production company Zentropa.

Vesth has maintained long-term collaborations with directors including Lars von Trier, for whom she has been the regular producer since *Melancholia* (2011), as well as Nikolaj Arcel, Mikkel Nørgaard and Christian E. Christiansen. Among her credits are *A Royal Affair* (2012), the Department Q adaptations *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013), *The Absent One* (2014), *A Conspiracy of Faith* (2016) and *The Purity of Vengeance* (2018), *Nymphomaniac: Vol. I* (2013), *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), *The House That Jack Built* (2018) and *The Promised Land* (2023). She also produced the television series *Klovn* (2005–09) and the feature *Klovn: The Movie* (2010).

Her short film *Om natten* (also known as *At Night*, 2007) received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. *Melancholia* won the European Film Award for Best Film.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *What Lies Between Us* (2026), Producer
- *Families Like Ours* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Mr. Freeman* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The Promised Land* (2023), Producer
- *Agent* (2023), series, Producer
- *Resin* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), Producer
- *The Purity of Vengeance* (2018), Producer
- *You Disappear* (2017), Producer
- *The Day Will Come* (2016), Producer
- *A Conspiracy of Faith* (2016), Producer
- *The Model* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Absent One* (2014), Producer
- *On the Edge* (2014), Producer
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. I* (2013), Producer
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), Producer
- *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013), Producer
- *The Weight of Elephants* (2013), Executive Producer
- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Klown* (2010), Producer
- *Truth About Men* (2010), Producer
- *Balls* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Crying for Love* (2008), Producer
- *How to Get Rid of the Others* (2007), Producer
- *Life Hits* (2006), Producer
- *Manderlay* (2005), Line Producer
- *Klovn* (2005), series, Producer
- *Kick 'n Rush* (2003), Producer
- *Kopps* (2003), Co-Producer
- *The Kingdom* (1994), series, Producer
- *After*, Producer
- *My Fairytale Life*, Producer
- *Mr. Nawashi*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *At Night*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2014: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Nymphomaniac Director's Cut*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2011: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Melancholia*

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

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