{"id":30655,"date":"2026-07-10T18:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=susanne-bier"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:56:57","slug":"susanne-bier","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=susanne-bier","title":{"rendered":"Susanne Bier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Susanne Bier\u00a0(Danish:\u00a0[su\u02c8s\u00e6n\u0259\u00a0\u02c8pi\u0250\u032f\u02c0]; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0(Foreign Film), a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, a\u00a0European Film Award\u00a0(for\u00a0In a Better World) and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0(for directing\u00a0The Night Manager).<\/p>\n<p>Bier debuted her feature film with\u00a0Freud&#8217;s Leaving Home\u00a0(1991). She directed a string of films, including\u00a0Open Hearts\u00a0(2002),\u00a0Brothers\u00a0(2004),\u00a0After the Wedding(2006), and\u00a0In a Better World\u00a0(2010), the later of which earned the\u00a0Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films\u00a0Things We Lost in the Fire\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Love Is All You Need\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Serena\u00a0(2014), and\u00a0Bird Box(2018).<\/p>\n<p>She directed the\u00a0BBC One\u00a0\/\u00a0AMC\u00a0miniseries\u00a0The Night Manager\u00a0(2016) on television, earning the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. 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