Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋ ˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970), also known as Jang, is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.
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Refn at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 29 September 1970 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | AACTA International Award Festival de Cannes Prix de la mise en scène FIPRESCI Prize José Luis Guarner Critic's Award Satellite Award |
He found great success early in his career directing the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011 he gained newfound stardom directing 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 next 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 a bad experience with Amazon and how it handled 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, and was the setting for his magical-realism series, Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.