Helle Faber

Helle Faber is a Danish film producer and CEO for the production company Made in Copenhagen.

Career Faber graduated as a journalist from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 1991 and subsequently worked at DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) until 2003. In 2003, she was hired as a producer at Bastard Film and at one point also became co-owner of the company before it was acquired by Monday Media in 2009. It was at Bastard Film that the foundation of her career in film production was established. In 2010, she founded her own production company, Made in Copenhagen, where she serves as a creative producer and director.

As a producer, she is behind internationally acclaimed titles, such as the Oscar, BAFTA and Peabody winner Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, Mummy's Boys (2025) directed by Jesper Dalgaard, Theatre of Violence (2023) directed by Emil Langballe, The Chocolate War (2022) directed by Miki Mistrati, and Warriors from the North (2014) directed by Søren Steen Jespersen.

In 2026, Helle Faber became the first Dane ever to win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature with Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which also won a BAFTA Award for best documentary (also as the first Dane ever), a Peabody Award, a Robert, a Bodil, and more than 20 other awards.

Faber is a member of the Producers Guild of America. and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Filmography 2025 - Mr. Nobody Against Putin, directed by David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2026 , Peabody Award for Best Documentary 2026 , BAFTA Award for Best Documentary 2026 , Bodil Award for Best Documentary 2026 , TVPRISEN Award for Best Documentary 2026 , Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature 2026 , Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award 2025 , Docville TOPICS Award 2025 , ZagrebDox The Big Stamp Award 2025 2025 - Mummy's Boys, directed by Jesper Dalgaard 2025 - The Golden Swan (co-producer), directed by Anette Ostrø 2024 - Ungeren, directed by Mads Matthiesen 2024 - Leaving Jesus (co-producer), directed by Ellen Fiske 2023 - Theatre of Violence, directed by Emil Langballe & Lukasz Konopa Awards: Movies That Matter Festival Grand Jury Documentary Award 2023 , Millennium Docs Against Gravity Best Cinematography Award 2023 2023 - The Mountains (executive producer), directed by Christian Einshøj 2022 - The Chocolate War, directed by Miki Mistrati 2022 - An Eternity of You and Me (executive producer), directed by Sanne This 2021 - Dark Blossom (executive producer), directed by Frigge Fri 2021 - Follow You Home (executive producer), directed by Kathrine Ravn Kruse 2021 - Skál (executive producer), directed by Cecilie Debell & Maria Tórgar∂ 2021 - Bellum – The Daemon of War (co-producer), directed by David Herdies & Georg Götmark 2019 - Det Sorte Kapitel, directed by Maya Albana 2019 - A Married Couple, directed by Emil Langballe 2019 - Long, Live, Love, directed by Sine Skibsholt 2018 - Lost Warrior, directed by Søren Steen Jespersen & Nasib Farah 2018 - Reconstruction Utøya (co-producer), directed by Carl Javér 2018 - Doel (executive producer), directed Frederik Sølberg 2017 - The Stranger, directed by Nicole N. Horanyi Awards: Doc NYC Viewfinders Competition 2017 2017 - Life as a Grown Up, directed by Anders Gustafsson 2016 - Motley's Law, directed by Nicole N. Horanyi Awards: Doc NYC Viewfinders Competition 2015 2016 - Who We Were, directed by Sine Skibsholt Awards: Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature 2017 , BILLED-BLADETS TV-GULD Award for Best Documentary 2017 , TVPRISEN Award for Best Documentary 2017 , International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam First Appearance Award 2016 2016 - The Wait, directed by Emil Langballe 2014 - Warriors from the North, directed by Søren Steen Jespersen Awards: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for Best Mid-Length Documentary 2015 , One World Film Festival Student Jury Award 2015 2014 - Embracing the Dead, directed by Nanna Frank Møller 2014 - Naked, directed by Nicole N. Horanyi 2013 - Blood Ties, directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen & Pernille Bervald Jørgensen 2013 - Light Fly, Fly High (co-producer), directed by Susann Østigaard & Breathe Hofseth 2012 - Putin's Kiss, directed by Lise Birk Pedersen Awards: Bodil Award for Best Documentary 2013 , TVPRISEN Award for Best Documentary 2012 , Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary 2012 , Nordic Panorama Film Festival Honorary Mention 2012 2012 - The Shady Chocolate, directed by Miki Mistrati 2011 - My Beautiful Daughter, directed by Maya Albana 2011 - Med Døden til Følge, directed by Eva Mulvad 2011 - Village at the End of the World, directed by Sarah Gavron 2011 - Au Pair, directed by Nicole N. Horanyi & Heidi Kim Andersen 2010 - Convicted for Terror, directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen, Miki Mistrati & Nagieb Khaja 2009 - Invisible Girls, directed by Sidse Stausholm 2009 - Shanghai Spaces, directed by Nanna Frank Møller 2009 - Mirror, directed by Joachim Ladefoged 2009 - Accidental Terrorist, directed by Miki Mistrati & Nagieb Khaja 2009 - The Boys from Senior Class, directed by Jannik Splidsboel 2009 - Big Girls Don't Cry, directed by Louise Unmack Kjeldsen 2009 - A Feminine Boy, directed by Nanna Frank Møller 2008 - Little Miss Grown-Up, directed by Patrik Book & Anders Gustafsson Awards: Robert Awards for Best Documentary Short 2009 2008 - Enemies of Happiness, directed by Eva Mulvad Awards: Cinema for Peace International Human Rights Film Award 2008 , Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary 2007 2007 - The World in Denmark, directed by Max Kestner Awards: Robert Awards for Best Documentary Short 2008