Editing Bille August (section)

== Life and career ==
August was born on 9 November 1948, in [[Brede, Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book|title=501 Movie Directors|editor-first=Steven Jay|editor-last=Schneider|publisher=Cassell Illustrated|location=London|year=2007|page=519|isbn=9781844035731|oclc=1347156402}}</ref> After attending local schools, he graduated from the Foto- och Dokumentärskolan in [[Stockholm|Stockholm, Sweden]], and later from the [[National Film School of Denmark]]. He began his career as a cinematographer. He made his feature directorial debut in 1978 with [[In My Life (1978 film)|''In My Life'']], which won the [[Bodil Award for Best Danish Film]].

He collaborated twice with then wife [[Pernilla August]] under [[George Lucas]] on ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles|The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones]]'' in The Perils of Cupid and Tales of Innocence. Pernilla would later star in the first two films of the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy]] and appeared in an episode of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]'' television series to reprise her role from the films.

After decades of writing, directing and producing notable films in Denmark, on 23 September 2011, Bille August announced that he had opened a studio in [[Hangzhou]], China and taken a position as Tianpeng Media's Art Director, in order to produce Chinese films for Tianpeng Media over the next few years. Tianpeng Media is a new media company established in 2010. The company produced two films, ''The Women Knight of Mirror'' (竞雄女侠秋瑾) and ''The Years of Qi Xiao Fu'' (七小福之燃情岁月), to be released later in 2011. He is the first foreign director to be hired by the Chinese film company. In 2011, August also accepted the invitation from the Hangzhou government to serve as a "culture consultant" for the city.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?academy_award-winning_director_bille_august_opens_his_studio_in_hangzhou_17467.aspx | title = Academy Award-winning director Bille August opens his studio in Hangzhou | publisher = Asia Pacific arts | date = 10 April 2011 | access-date = 2 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130826042544/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?academy_award-winning_director_bille_august_opens_his_studio_in_hangzhou_17467.aspx | archive-date = 26 August 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

His film ''[[Night Train to Lisbon (film)|Night Train to Lisbon]]'' (2013) premiered out of competition at the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlin">{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16724.html |title=Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete |access-date=25 January 2013 |work=berlinale |archive-date=10 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410152015/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16724.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had planned to direct a ''[[Gianni Versace]]'' [[biopic]] with [[Antonio Banderas]] as Versace, but this project was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bille-august-antonio-banderas-cancel-versace-project-1020993/|title=Antonio Banderas Cancels 'Versace' Project|access-date=13 July 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/bille-august-set-to-direct-versace-biopic-with-antonio-banderas-1201938081/|title=Bille August Set to Direct ''Versace'' Biopic With Antonio Banderas|access-date=10 December 2016|magazine=Variety}}</ref> In August 2021, it was announced that August would direct a [[Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction|feature film adaptation]] of [[Karen Blixen]]'s novel ''Ehrengard'', which is being produced by [[Netflix]] and [[SF Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bille August To Direct Karen Blixen's ''Ehrengard'' For Netflix & SF Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/bille-august-direct-karen-blixens-ehrengard-netflix-sf-studios-1234824685/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>