- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 29, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016). In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazon Prime. After Amazon's Too Old to Die Young, Refn's next project took him to Netflix and saw him returning to his native Copenhagen for the first time since Pusher 3, which was the setting for his ma…
Filmography
movieHer Private Hell
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTHE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
2026 · Self
Satellites II
2026 · , Writer, Director
movieBig Trouble on Billycock Hill
2025 · Executive Producer
movieDario Argento: Panico
2024 · Self
movieBeauty Is Not a Sin
2024 · Director, Writer
tvThe Famous Five
2023 · Executive Producer, Creator
movieCircus Maximus
2023 · Director
movieHideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023 · Self
movieCopenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn
2023 · Self
tvCopenhagen Cowboy
2023 · Jørgen, Director, Creator
movieTouch of Crude
2022 · Director, Writer
movieInferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021 · Presenter
tvToo Old to Die Young
2019 · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
movieRematch
2019 · Director
tvVidéo Club
2018 · Self
movieThe Neon Demon
2016 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
movieSorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
movieMetal Gear Solid: Legacy
2015 · Self
movieMy Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015 · Self
movieDying of the Light
2014 · Executive Producer
movieJodorowsky's Dune
2013 · Self - Filmmaker
movieOnly God Forgives
2013 · Writer, Director
movieDrive Without a Driver
2012 · Self
moviePusher
2012 · Dutch Bob, Executive Producer
movieBlack's Game
2012 · Executive Producer
movieNWR
2012 · Self
movieDrive
2011 · Director
moviePusher
2010 · Original Film Writer
movieValhalla Rising
2009 · Writer, Director
movieBronson
2009 · Screenplay, Director
movieGambler
2006 · Himself (Jang)
moviePusher III
2005 · Director, Writer
movieChinaman
2005 · The Doctor
moviePusher II
2004 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Director
movieFear X
2003 · Director, Writer
movieBleeder
1999 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
moviePusher
1996 · Brian, Screenplay, Director, Producer
movieGlubsk, Sultens Gud
1990
What Have You Done to Solange?
— · Producer
Witchfinder
— · Producer
movieManiac Cop
— · Director, Screenplay, Producer