Thomas Vinterberg

Thomas Vinterberg (b. 1969, Copenhagen) shot his first film at age 16, and three years later he was accepted to the National Film School of Denmark. In 1995 he and Lars von Trier came out with the Dogme 95 manifesto, and Vinterberg’s second feature, The Celebration, (Festen, 1998), shot according to the rules of the manifesto, took the Jury Prize at the Cannes IFF. Vinterberg then shot two English language movies: It’s All About Love (2003) and Dear Wendy (2005 – Best Direction at the Moscow IFF). He returned to Denmark in 2007 with the comedy When a Man Comes Home (En mand kommer hjem). In 2010 Submarino was presented in competition at the Berlinale and in the KVIFF program. His latest film, The Hunt, competed this year at Cannes.

47. MFF Karlovy Vary