Peter Flinth

Peter Flinth (born 7 November 1964) is a Danish film director.

Peter Flinth
Flinth at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born (1964-11-07) 7 November 1964
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationFilm director
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.peterflinth.com

Early life and education

Peter Flinth was born on 7 November 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied film studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1984-86 and was educated on the Danish Film School's director line in 1989-1993. He was part of the Danish Film School's golden class of 1993, with notable graduates such as Thomas Vinterberg.[1]

He was admitted to the National Film School of Denmark and in the same time worked as an assistant director on a number of Danish feature films, including most notably Ole Bornedal's Nightwatch, before graduating in 1993 with the short film Den Sidste Færge.

Career

Flinth made his feature film debut in 1997 with the Eye of the Eagle. Since then, he has directed several films for the young audience, including The Olsen Gang Junior and The Fakir from Bilbao.

Flinth directed the Wallander crime novel Mastermind with Krister Henriksson in the lead role, then the Temple Knight saga about Arn, which resulted in two feature films. The film was the largest and most expensive film production in Scandinavian film history with a budget of 210 million Swedish crowns.[2][3] Peter Flinth was subsequently named best director by Aftonbladet's readers, while the film was honored with best film and best screenplay.[4] Since its premiere, Arn - The knight Templar has sold more than 2.1 million cinema tickets in Scandinavia and broke a record in Sweden with 160.00 tickets sold after the first two days in sale.[5]

Since then, he has directed the Swedish Nobel Testament in 2012 and the Norwegian film Beatles in 2014, which is a film adaptation of Lars Saabye Christensen's novel.

In 2009, Flinth worked with Her Majesty Margrethe II of Denmark, on the film adaptation of H. C. Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans.[6]

In 2022, Against the Ice, which is based on the true story written by Ejnar Mikkelsen, premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival and was released on Netflix on March 2, 2022.[7] The film is a collaboration between director Peter Flinth and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who has written the script and are also portraying the lead character.[8][9]

Awards

In 2010, Flinth was awarded with the Order of the Dannebrog.[10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Credits
1997 Eye of the Eagle Director
2001 Olsen Gang Junior Director
2004 The Fakir Director
2005 Wallander – Mastermind Director
2007 Arn – The Knight Templar Director
2008 Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End Director
2009 The Wild Swans Director
2012 Nobel's Last Will Director
2012 A Place in the Sun Director
2014 Beatles Director
2019 The Shamer's Daughter 2: The Serpent Gift Co-Producer
2022 Against The Ice Director & Executive Producer

Short film
Year Title Credits
1991 Requiem Director
1993 The Last Ferry Director

Television
Year Title Credits
2000 Unit One Director (2 episodes)
2010 Arn Director

Awards

References
  1. "Instruktør fra gylden årgang". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. "Danskere bag Skandinaviens største filmsucces - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  3. SAXO (2006-12-11). "Sveriges dyraste – Filmerna om Arn". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. ""Arn"-regissören: "Priset värmer & inspirerar"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  5. januar 2008, Torsdag d 10; januar 2008, kl 22 30 Del denne artikel Del denne artikel Opdateret torsdag d 10; Kl. 19.22 (2008-01-10). "En mand red ud". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  6. Munk, Majken. "Peter Flinth om sin nye film: Dronning Margrethe har en finger med i spillet |". www.billedbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  7. Gokhale, Stuti (2022-03-02). "Is Against the Ice Based on a True Story?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  8. Brøgger, Sten (2022-02-19). "Dronningen opfordrede til isnende drama med Coster-Waldau". Lokalavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  9. Plaetner, Rebecca (2022-03-01). "Dronningen gav instruktøren idé til ny Netflix-film". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  10. Lumby, Elisabeth (2010-04-16). "Ridderfan nu selv ridder". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
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