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It premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where he received the Best Director Award. In 2011, Refn directed the American action drama film Drive (2011).
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Refn promoting Drive at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2011 The film also won a Best Make-Up award at the 2011 Robert Festival.Ģ011–2016: Hollywood breakthrough The film won an International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award and Special Mention at the 2010 Fantasporto Festival, and won the Titra Film Award for Refn at the 2010 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. In 2009, Refn teamed up again with frequent collaborator Mads Mikkelsen to write and direct Valhalla Rising, a surrealistic period piece about the Viking era. Hardy was nominated for Best Actor by the Evening Standard British Film Awards and the London Critics Circle Film Awards. Hardy won a Best Actor award at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards for his portrayal of Charles Bronson (and the film was nominated for a Best Achievement in Production award as well). The film won Best Film at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic) at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. prisoner Charles Bronson, noted for mental illness, violence and art. He wrote and directed Bronson (2008), which starred Tom Hardy as the title character, the U.K. In 2008, Refn returned to the European art house film circuit after his unsuccessful Hollywood venture Fear X. The film was remade as a British version in 2012, Pusher, directed by Luis Prieto and executive produced by Refn. For Pusher II, lead actor Mads Mikkelsen won a Best Actor award at the 2005 Bodil Awards, Best Actor at the 2005 Robert Festival (where the film was also nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film, among other nominations), and Best Actor at the 2005 Zulu Awards. Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands) and Pusher 3 (2005) (a.k.a. Refn later made two sequels to Pusher, Pusher II (2004) (a.k.a. Although a financial disappointment, the Danish-Canadian production won an International Fantasy Film Award for Best Screenplay at the 2004 Fantasporto Film Festival, and was nominated for best actor awards (for Turturro) at the Bodil Awards and the Fangoria Awards, and best film awards at festivals including Sitges Film Festival and the Sochi International Film Festival.
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In 2003, Refn directed and wrote his first English-language film, Fear X, which starred John Turturro and was shot in Canada. The film was nominated for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress at the 2000 Bodil Awards, as well as for the Grand Prix Asturias for Best Feature at the 1999 Gijon International Film Festival. Refn won the FIPRESCI prize for the film at the 2000 Sarajevo Film Festival the work won Best Lighting at the Robert Festival. Refn then directed Bleeder (1999), which featured much of the same cast from the Pusher Trilogy, including actors such as Kim Bodnia and Mads Mikkelsen.
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It garnered a Best Supporting Actor Award for Zlatko Burić at the 1997 Bodil Awards. Refn made his directorial debut with the Danish crime film Pusher (1996). Career 1996–2005: Early career and the Pusher trilogy He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts but was expelled for throwing a table into a wall. Refn has referred to himself as Jewish, though his genealogy indicates no recent Jewish heritage. His half-brother is Kasper Winding, who has become a singer in Denmark. Refn's parents are Danish film director and editor Anders Refn and cinematographer Vibeke Winding. Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and raised partly in New York, United States.