Birger Larsen (22 December 1961 – 26 October 2016) was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film for his 1990 film Dance of the Polar Bears (). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his film Sweethearts (1996). In 2013, he directed the first episode of Crimes of Passion.

Filmography Film Dance of the Polar Bears (1990) (1992) One Step Behind (2005) (2009) (2012)

Short film (1996)

TV movies Længe leve friheden (1993) Murder: Joint Enterprise (2012)

TV series (1994) Taxa (1997) Nikolaj og Julie (2002) (2002) The Killing (2007) Those Who Kill (2010) Murder (2016) (Episode "The Third Voice")

Other credits Title Year Role 1978 Claus Beauty and the Beast 1983 Assistant lighting technician The Element of Crime 1984 Best boy (2o unit) Tonny Toupé show 1985 Billardspiller med solbriller 1988 Assistant director Holes in the Soup Editor 2o unit director Assistant director Love on the rails 1989 Eye of the Eagle 1997 2o unit director Skagerrak 2003

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Bodil award 1991