---
name: "Rasmus Heisterberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rasmus-heisterberg"
fi1m_id: "rasmus-heisterberg"
imdb_id: "nm1065452"
tmdb_id: 74758
wikidata_id: "Q12332906"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 December 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T21:27:52.565226+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."
---

# Rasmus Heisterberg

## Identity

Rasmus Heisterberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rasmus-heisterberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rasmus-heisterberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm1065452
- **TMDB ID:** 74758
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12332906
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Heisterberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12332906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74758

Writer. Born 12 December 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 December 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 75 (1), 2020s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Heisterberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12332906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74758

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Rasmus Heisterberg is a Danish screenwriter and director. Born in Copenhagen in 1974, he trained at the National Film School of Denmark and began his career writing for television series before moving to feature films.

He has frequently collaborated with director Nikolaj Arcel. Their joint screenplays include *King's Game* (2004), *Island of Lost Souls* (2007), *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009) and *A Royal Affair* (2012). Heisterberg also wrote the screenplays for *The Absent One* (2014) and *Northwest* (2013), and made his directorial debut with *In the Blood* (2016). He has received nominations including a BAFTA for adapted screenplay.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Flee* (2021), Fi1m 83, Script Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), Fi1m 75, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Fi1m 82, Production Runner — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The End* (2024), Writer
- *The Chestnut Man* (2021), series, Script Consultant
- *Flee* (2021), Script Consultant — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *Christian IV* (2018), Script Consultant
- *In the Blood* (2016), Director, Writer
- *The Absent One* (2014), Screenplay
- *Northwest* (2013), Screenplay, Writer
- *White Black Boy* (2012), Writer
- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Screenplay
- *Truth About Men* (2010), Screenplay
- *Millennium* (2010), series, Screenplay
- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)
- *The Escape* (2009), Screenplay
- *Solstice* (2008), Original Film Writer
- *Fighter* (2007), Co-Writer
- *Cecilie* (2007), Writer
- *Island of Lost Souls* (2007), Screenplay
- *Skymaster* (2006), Writer
- *King's Game* (2004), Screenplay
- *Midsummer* (2003), Writer
- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), as Production Runner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Allen Award 2013: Allen Award (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*

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

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