Director

Susanne Bier

April 15, 1960 · Copenhagen, Denmark

Susanne Bier (Danish: [suˈsænə ˈpiɐ̯ˀ]; born 15 April 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 debuted her feature film 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 later 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).

Notable work

6.8
Bird Box (2018)
Director
7.3
Brothers (2009)
Writer
7.7
The Night Manager (2016)
Director
5.6
Serena (2014)
Director
7.4
The Undoing (2020)
Director
7.1
After the Wedding (2006)
Director
7.2
In a Better World (2010)
Director
6.6
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
Director
6.7
The Perfect Couple (2024)
Director
6
Love Is All You Need (2012)
Director

Often works with

Philip Zandén
5 titles together
Serena, Open Hearts, Like It Never Was Before
Ulrich Thomsen
4 titles together
In a Better World, Brothers, Credo
Birthe Neumann
4 titles together
In a Better World, Love Is All You Need, Open Hearts
Paprika Steen
4 titles together
Love Is All You Need, Open Hearts, The One and Only
Stina Ekblad
4 titles together
Love Is All You Need, Like It Never Was Before, Freud Leaving Home
Ghita Nørby
4 titles together
Like It Never Was Before, Freud Leaving Home, Credo

Full filmography · 22

Practical Magic 2
Director
2026
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
2020
Bird Box
Director
20186.8
Serena
Director
20145.6
Love Is All You Need
Director
20126
In a Better World
Director
20107.2
Brothers
Writer
20097.3
Things We Lost in the Fire
Director
20076.6
After the Wedding
Director
20067.1
Brothers
Director and Writer
20046.8
Open Hearts
Director
20027.1
Once in a Lifetime
Director
20004.5