Anders August
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 Screenwriter Anders August at Toronto International Film Festival.
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| Born | Anders Frithiof August 15 June 1978 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Genre | Film |
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| Parents | Bille August (father) |
| Relatives | Pernilla August (former stepmother), Alba August (paternal half-sister) |
Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish screenwriter, graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2007.
He wrote the short film Grisen (The Pig), which was nominated for an Oscar in 2009. In 2011 he won the Danish film- and television industry's biggest talent award, The Nordisk Film Award.
He has written several episodes of Danish prime-time television as well as feature films, most notably Applause, which won numerous awards for main actress Paprika Steen in 2010, and the 2012 Oscar short listed comedy SuperClásico. The 2011 biopic A Funny Man, was the biggest local box-office hit in Denmark in 2011. Both films earned him nominations for a Danish Academy Award, the Robert Award as best screenwriter (the award eventually went to Lars Von Trier for Melancholia). He has since written a number of episodes of Danish drama The Legacy and co-created a series a financial crime series called Follow the Money for the same network, DR. It was premiered at the 2015 Berlinale. In 2015, BBC America / AMC announced they were developing a show created by August. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2023 film Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction, which was directed by his father, Bille August.
Family
He is the son of Danish film and television director Bille August through his marriage to first wife Annie Munksgård Lauritzen. Through his father’s third marriage, he spent his teen years (13–19) as the stepson of Star Wars actress Pernilla August. His younger half-sister on his father’s side is Danish-Swedish actress and singer-songwriter Alba August.