Frederikke Aspöck is a Danish film director. She is a granddaughter of Godfred Hartmann.

Frederikke Aspöck
Born (1974-08-12) August 12, 1974 (age 50)
NationalityDenmark
Occupationfilm director
RelativesGodfred Hartmann (grandfather)

She graduated in Set Design from the Wimbledon School of Art in London, then in 2004 obtained a master's degree in filmmaking from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While studying in NY, she wrote and directed four short films: Footsteps (1999), The Browns (2000), Lion-Tamer (2001), and Happy Now (2004), her thesis at Tisch. It brought her international recognition by winning the First Prize Cinéfondation at Cannes Film Festival.[1][2][3]

Selected filmography

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  • Happy Now — short, 2004; First Prize Cinéfondation in Cannes;
  • Sheep (Danish: Får) — short, 2008;
  • Moving on (short, 2011);
  • Out of Bounds (Danish: Labrador) — debut feature, 2012; special screening in Cannes and won the Grand Prize at the Marrakech Film Festival;
  • Rosita (feature, 2015) — Best Director at the Moscow Film Festival;
  • Out of Tune (Danish: De frivillige) — feature, 2019; selected for both Rotterdam and Göteborg Film Festival;
  • Empire (Danish: Viften) — feature, 2023; Nordic Council Film Prize.[4][2][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Frederikke Aspöck". Det Danske Filminstitut. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  2. ^ a b "Frederikke Aspöck, Lukas Moodysson e Metod Pevec: the protagonists of Europe, Now!". Bergamo Film Meeting. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  3. ^ "Frederikke Aspöck". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  4. ^ De Marco, Camillo (2024-01-30). "The Bergamo Film Meeting welcomes Frederikke Aspöck, Lukas Moodysson and Metod Pevec". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  5. ^ "Meeting with Frederikke Aspöck". Bergamo Film Meeting. Retrieved 2024-03-30.