Nils Malmros
Danish film director · Denmark · On the map · Directors · Born 1944 · age 82
Nils Malmros, a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema. Malmros is noted for his detailed focus on the common growing pains of adolescence and the loss of innocence, which he draws from his childhood experiences growing up in Århus, Denmark.
Nils Malmros is read about 8 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Sorrow and JoyFilm, Director, Writer2009
Aching HeartsFilm, Director, Writer2002
Facing the TruthFilm, Director2001Rødekro KulturprisAward1997
BarbaraFilm, Director, Writer1993Danish Dramatics' Honorary AwardAward1992
Pain of LoveFilm, Director, Writer1989
Aarhus by NightFilm, Director, Writer1983Niels PrizeAward
Beauty and the BeastFilm, 1983Director, Writer1981
Tree of KnowledgeFilm, Director, Writer1978
Christmas by Your FriendsFilm, Director, Writer1977
BoysFilm, Director, Writer1973
Lars Ole, 5c.Film, Director, Writer1968
A Strange LoveFilm, Director, Writer1944Born5 October 1944People around Nils
Close ties
- Per Holst Produced Tree of Knowledge (1981)
Søren Østergaard Nils directed Pain of Love and Facing the Truth
Line Arlien-Søborg Nils directed Tree of Knowledge (1981)
Søren Pilmark Nils directed Sorrow and Joy and Aching Hearts
Birthe Neumann Nils directed Pain of Love and Facing the Truth
Esben Smed Nils directed Sorrow and Joy and Aching Hearts
Anders Hove Nils directed Sorrow and Joy (2013)
Kristian Halken Nils directed Sorrow and Joy and Aching Hearts
Poul Clemmensen Nils produced Boys (1977)
Waage Sandø Nils directed Pain of Love and Facing the Truth
Michael Carøe Nils directed Århus by Night (1989)
Jesper Christensen Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Ghita Nørby Nils directed Århus by Night (1989)
Jens Albinus Nils directed Facing the Truth (2002)
Nicolas Bro Nils directed Sorrow and Joy (2013)
Birgitte Federspiel Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Daniel Ceccaldi Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Henny Moan Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Lars Simonsen Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Anne Louise Hassing Nils directed Pain of Love (1992)
William Rosenberg Nils directed Facing the Truth (2002)
Bodil Udsen Nils directed Barbara (1997)
Preben Harris Nils directed Facing the Truth (2002)
Jon Lange Nils directed Facing the Truth (2002)
Also in Français
Filmography 12
32 credits on file
Awards
About this person
His most notable films form a trilogy about schoolchildren in 1950s Århus: Lars-Ole 5c, Boys and Tree of Knowledge. The latter film, 1981's Tree of Knowledge, is one of ten films listed in Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.
