Anders Refn

Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director.

Biography Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1969. He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Refn has often worked as assistant director and technical director, and worked with Lars von Trier as editor of Breaking the Waves (1996) and Antichrist (2009). He was assistant director of Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac (2013).

Refn in 2004 was awarded an Honorary Bodil Award for his overall achievement in Danish film.

Refn is married to cinematographer Vibeke Winding; they are parents of Nicolas Winding Refn, who has also become a director, editor, and producer.

Filmography

Work Year Credit Notes The Loose Tile 1966 Assistant Feature Flagermusen 1966 Assistant Feature Virtue Runs Wild 1966 Assistant Feature Pretty-Arne and Rosa 1967 Assistant director Feature Dreamers 1967 Assistant director Feature Dr. Glas 1968 Assistant editor Feature Miss Julie 1969 Editing Short fiction Jazz All Around 1969 Assistant director Feature Den gale dansker 1969 Editing Feature Tintomara 1970 Editing Feature Vilde engle – en minoritet i Danmark 1971 Editing Documentary The Squatters 1971 Editing Documentary Lost in the Sand 1971 Editing Feature With Love 1971 Editing Feature Dear Irene 1971 Editing Feature The Case of the Missing Clerk 1971 Assistant director Feature The Work of the Devil 1972 Editing Feature Mor, jeg har patienter 1972 Editing Feature Karen 1973 Editing Short fiction Er kongen død? 1973 Editing Documentary The Escape 1973 Assistant director Feature Sacked! 1973 Assistant director Feature Prince Piwi 1974 Script Feature Sam på banegården 1975 Editing Short fiction Arbejdsløs 1975 Editing Documentary The Impossible Hour 1975 Editing Documentary Hvid mands sæd 1975 Editing Documentary Klaus Rifbjerg 1975 Editing Documentary Strømer 1976 Direction Feature Hearts Are Trump 1976 Assistant director Feature Terror 1977 Editing Feature A Fisherman from Hanstholm 1977 Editing Documentary The Heritage 1978 Direction Feature Me and Charly 1978 Editing Feature Dancing Bournonville 1979 Editing Documentary Johnny Larsen 1979 Editing Feature Next Stop – Paradise 1980 Editing supervisor Feature Hotel of the Stars 1981 Editing Documentary Rubber Tarzan 1981 Editing Feature The Circus Casablanca 1981 Editing Feature Felix 1982 Editing supervisor Feature Electric Boogie 1983 Editing Documentary Land of Plenty 1983 Editing Feature Phoenix bird 1984 Editing Documentary Ophelia Comes to Town 1985 Editing Feature 1985 Direction Feature, Robert Award for Best Danish Film Kedsomhedens svøbe 1986 Editing Documentary Take It Easy 1986 Editing Feature Een gang strømer... 1987 Direction TV series Heaven and Hell 1988 Director: 2. unit Feature På optagelse med Steven Spielberg 1990 Direction Documentary The Village 1991 Direction TV series Hayfever 1991 Assistant director Feature Il ritorno 1992 Assistant director Feature Black Harvest 1993 Direction Feature Dad's Bright Idea 1994 Technical director Feature Carl, My Childhood Symphony 1994 Editing Feature Two Green Feathers 1995 Editing Feature Breaking the Waves 1996 Editor Feature TAXA 1997 Direction TV series Seth 1999 Direction Short fiction 1999 Editing supervisor Feature Dancer in the Dark 2000 Assisting director Feature Sophie's Heart 2001 Editing Short fiction Stargazer 2002 Consultant Documentary 2002 Editing Feature Baby 2003 Editing Feature Move Me 2003 Editing supervisor Feature Dogville 2003 Assisting director Feature Niceland 2004 Editing Feature Popular Music 2004 Editing Feature What's Wrong with This Picture? 2004 Editing Feature 2004 Editing Documentary 2005 Editing Documentary The Leap 2005 Editing Feature Samurai 2006 Editing supervisor Short fiction Out 2006 Editing Short fiction Mrs Eilersen and Mehmet 2006 Editing Short fiction Mother Dearest 2007 Editing Short fiction Echo 2007 Editing supervisor Feature Milosevic on Trial 2007 Editing Documentary Ledsaget udgang 2007 Editing Feature My Black Little Heart 2008 Editor Feature 2008 Editing Documentary Max Manus: Man of War 2008 Editing Feature 2008 Editing Documentary Go With Peace, Jamil 2008 Editing Feature Antichrist 2009 Editor Feature Limbo 2010 Editing Documentary 2010 Editing Documentary Freedom on Parole 2010 Editing Feature Nothing's All Bad 2010 Editing supervisor Feature 2011 Consultant Documentary 2011 Editing Documentary ID:A 2011 Editor Feature 2011 Editing supervisor Feature Karen Blixen – Behind Her Mask 2011 Editing supervisor Documentary The President 2011 Editing supervisor Documentary All for One 2011 Editing supervisor Feature Melancholia 2011 Assisting director Feature Kon-Tiki 2012 Editing supervisor Feature Ginger & Rosa 2012 Chief editor Feature 2012 Editing supervisor Feature This life 2012 Technical director Feature Tabu 2012 Editing Short fiction 2012 Editing Feature Nymphomaniac 2013 Assisting director Feature What We Become 2015 Editor Feature Into the Darkness 2020 Director Feature The Middle Man 2021 Editor FeatureMin fjendes fjende: Bedraget i Helmand2023EditorDocumentaryDiagnonsense2024EditorDocumentarySanningen2023-2024Co-editorTV Series