Nicolas Winding Refn
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 29, 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movies
- 33
Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016).
In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazon Prime. After Amazon's Too Old to Die Young, Refn's next project took him to Netflix and saw him returning to his native Copenhagen for the first time since Pusher 3, which was the setting for his magical realism series, Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.
Upcoming Nicolas Winding Refn Movies
Maniac Cop
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN | Self |
| 2026 | Satellites II | |
| 2024 | Dario Argento: Panico | Self |
| 2023 | Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds | Self |
| 2023 | Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn | Self |
| 2021 | Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess | Presenter |
| 2015 | Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn | |
| 2015 | Metal Gear Solid: Legacy | Self |
| 2015 | My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn | Self |
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune | Self - Filmmaker |
| 2012 | Drive Without a Driver | Self |
| 2012 | Pusher | Dutch Bob |
| 2012 | NWR | Self |
| 2006 | Gambler | Himself (Jang) |
| 2005 | Chinaman | The Doctor |
| 1996 | Pusher | Brian |
| 1990 | Glubsk, Sultens Gud |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Her Private Hell | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2026 | Satellites II | Writer, Director |
| 2024 | Beauty Is Not a Sin | Director, Writer |
| 2023 | Circus Maximus | Director |
| 2022 | Touch of Crude | Director, Writer |
| 2019 | Rematch | Director |
| 2016 | The Neon Demon | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2013 | Only God Forgives | Writer, Director |
| 2011 | Drive | Director |
| 2010 | Valhalla Rising | Writer, Director |
| 2009 | Bronson | Screenplay, Director |
| 2005 | Pusher 3 | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Pusher II | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2003 | Fear X | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Bleeder | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 1996 | Pusher | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
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