Kim Fupz Aakeson

Kim Fupz Aakeson graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1996 and has since written screenplays for a large number of Danish films, as well as Hans Petter Moland's last feature A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN and David Mackenzie's PERFECT SENSE (starring Ewan McGregor and Eva Green).

Fupz Aakeson has also written Pernille Ficher Christensen's SOMEONE YOU LOVE, which has been selected for Berlinale Special Gala, and her previous films A FAMILY, DANCERS and Silver Bear-winner A SOAP.

He has won several prizes for his screenplays, including the FIPRESCI Award at the Berlinale in 2010 for his screenplay for A FAMILY and the 2012 Award for Best Screenplay for the German-Norwegian production GNADE, at the Hamburg Film Festival. Kim Fupz Aakeson also writes novels, children's books, plays and short stories, and his work in Danish cinema was recognised as early as 2003 with a Prize of Honour.

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