Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn

Director and writer. Born 29 September 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

5

Titles on Fi1m

61

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 5 titles

1

Cannes prize1 won

Born

29 September 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark

Active

2009–present

Frequently works with

Ryan Gosling, Sidonie Dumas, Vincent Maraval

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Nicolas Winding Refn — Nicolas Winding RefnGeorges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Édouard Waintrop, Nicolas Winding Refn et Tobe Hooper lors de la projection de Massacre à la tronçonneuse (version restaurée) à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs du (2014) — Édouard Waintrop, Nicolas Winding Refn et Tobe Hooper lors de la projection de Massacre à la tronçonneuse (version restaurée) à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs du (2014)Dark Attsios, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nicolas Winding Refn et Tobe Hooper lors de la projection de Massacre à la tronçonneuse (version restaurée) à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs du Festival de Canne (2014) — Nicolas Winding Refn et Tobe Hooper lors de la projection de Massacre à la tronçonneuse (version restaurée) à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs du Festival de Canne (2014)Dark Attsios, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From left to right, 2nd line : Stuart Gordon, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jake West, Neil Marshall, Kristanna Loken, Juraj Herz, Lionel Chouchan (founder of the festi (2008) — From left to right, 2nd line : Stuart Gordon, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jake West, Neil Marshall, Kristanna Loken, Juraj Herz, Lionel Chouchan (founder of the festi (2008)Sebb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nicolas Winding Refn — Nicolas Winding RefnImage via TMDB

Nicolas Winding Refn — Nicolas Winding RefnImage via TMDB

Nicolas Winding Refn — Nicolas Winding RefnImage via TMDB

Nicolas Winding Refn and Mads Mikkelsen. I last saw Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre in "Casino Royale"; he also plays Igor Stravinsky in this year's "Coco Chanel and Ig (2009) — Nicolas Winding Refn and Mads Mikkelsen. I last saw Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre in "Casino Royale"; he also plays Igor Stravinsky in this year's "Coco Chanel and Ig (2009)Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Director Nicolas Winding Refn introduces his unusual Viking film, Valhalla Rising, to Toronto with a suitably profanity-laced discussion of its making. (2009) — Director Nicolas Winding Refn introduces his unusual Viking film, Valhalla Rising, to Toronto with a suitably profanity-laced discussion of its making. (2009)Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nicolas Winding Refn — Nicolas Winding RefnImage via TMDB

Photographs: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence); Dark Attsios, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence); Dark Attsios, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence); Sebb, Public domain; Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence); Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.