Today’s Jewish Birthday: Susanne Bier

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Susanne Bier, 2011 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Susanne Bier (April 15, 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager).

Bier made her feature film debut with Freud’s Leaving Home (1991). She directed a string of films including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006), and In a Better World (2010), the latter of which earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Love Is All You Need (2012), Serena (2014), and Bird Box (2018).

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