Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director, known for Okay (2003), The Day Will Come (2016), and several TV series.
Early life and education Nielsen was born in 1962, and in 1989 graduated as a film editor from the Den Danske Filmskole (Danish Film School).
Career Early in his career, Nielsen edited feature films by Anders Refn, Thomas Vinterberg and Erik Clausen. He then became noted as a director of children's films, such as Retfærdigheden rytter (1989), The Last Viking (1997) and Forbudt for børn (1998).
In 2003, he made his breakthrough with the critically acclaimed adult drama film Okay, for which he was awarded the Dreyer Award. He is also known the film The Bouncer, and the TV series Pagten.
He also wrote the 2008 series Sommer with Karina Dam.Sommer from Settet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Filmography + List of films and television shows directed Title Year Notes Ligusterkrigeren 1987 Short film Retfærdighedens rytter 1989 Hjerter i slør (Veiled Hearts) 1992 Buldermanden 1996 Short film The Last Viking 1997 Southern Comfort 1997 Ogginoggen 1997 Short film Forbudt for børn (Little Big Sister) 1998 Okay 2002 The Bouncer 2003 Store planer! 2005 I et speil, i en gåte 2008 Pagten 2009 TV series Lykke (Happy Life) 2011–12 Borgen 2011–13 TV series Badehotellet 2014 TV series Dicte 2014 TV series The Day Will Come 2016 Winner: Filmfest Hamburg Commerzbank Audience Award Redwater 2017 TV series Greyzone 2018 TV series Undtagelsen (The Exception) 2019 Thriller film, based on Christian Jungersen's 2004 novel
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