Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier
Susanne Bieris a Danish film director best known for her feature films Brothers, After the Wedding and the Academy Award-winning In a Better World...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 April 1960
CountryDenmark
came hope reason romantic talked thomas
Anders Thomas Jensen and I had talked about making a movie which addressed the cancer issue, and we didn't want to make it heavy-handed. We wanted to do something which had a lot of hope in it. And then for some reason we came up with a romantic comedy.
bit excitement main material scared
The main thing as a director, you always want to have a bit of a worry about the material you're going to get yourself into. You want to be a bit scared of it so that you have that excitement of having to climb the mountain.
artistic believe consistent good setting
I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of rules before you start, and then being completely consistent with them, is the only way to make a really good film.
dark thinking stuff
I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff.
fun long healthy
There are good and bad movies, and long ones, and pretentious ones, and fun ones, and it's kind of healthy not just being able to switch off after ten minutes, but have patience.
creative territory way
Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And that's the excitement of it.
depressing thinking important
I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society