Nikolaj Arcel

Born 1972, Denmark. Graduate of the National Film School of Denmark, 2001. His graduation film WOYZECKS’S LAST SYMPHONY won top awards at Munich and Clermont-Ferrand. In Tel Aviv, Arcel received the award for Most Promising Director. He wrote the screenplay for the award-winning children's film KLATRETØSEN/CATCH THAT (2002).

His feature film debut KING’S GAME (2004) was number one on the Top-20 chart and seen by over a fifth of the population in Denmark (cinema & TV). The film won a number of national awards and including Best Screenplay (for Arcel and co-writer Rasmus Heisterberg) at Viareggio. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (2007) was a winner in Chicago and Leeds and swept up five Danish Film Academy Robert Awards. Arcel and Heisterberg teamed up again with scripts for the animated feature JOURNEY TO SATURN (2008) and Niels Arden Oplev's Swedish film THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2009), as well as Arcel's third feature TRUTH ABOUT MEN (2010).

Zentropa Entertainments