Per Fly
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Per Fly Plejdrup is a Danish
film director
, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He is married to Danish actress Charlotte Fich
. They have the children Anton and Aksel together.
In 2007 he shot a series entitled Forestillinger, broadcasted on Danish channel Danmarks Radio
. It pivots on the same period of time from the perspective of 6 different people, whose life situations overlap and intertwine. The meaning of the word Forestillinger is ambiguous in Danish language, and can refer to "conceptions" or (as in "conceptions about one self") as well as "plays" or "shows" in the theatrical sense.
With the exception of Prop og Berta, the nature of Per Fly's filmography is centered around the lives of ordinary people, being mainly (social) realistic in nature. They explore the conditions under which the characters are living, and try to validate or explain the choices they make through a detailed psychological and social depiction of the characters involved. Per Fly has written manuscripts for the three movies of the Denmark trilogy.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He is married to Danish actress Charlotte Fich
Charlotte Fich
Charlotte Fich is a Danish stage, film and television actress. She is most often recognized for her role as police officer Ingrid Dahl in the Emmy awarded Danish television series Unit One...
. They have the children Anton and Aksel together.
Biography
Plejdrup graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 1993. His feature film debut was in 2000 with the movie Bænken (The Bench), which told the story of Kaj, a man whose life paths has led him into deep alcoholism. This film started the Denmark-trilogy, which portrayed situations and characters from the lower, upper and middle class of Denmark, in that order. The stop-motion animation film Prop og Berta (Prop and Berta, 2001) followed Bænken, but was not part of the trilogy. The trilogy continued with Arven (The Inheritance, 2003) depicting the upper class, and the middle class in Drabet (Manslaughter, 2005).In 2007 he shot a series entitled Forestillinger, broadcasted on Danish channel Danmarks Radio
Danmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
. It pivots on the same period of time from the perspective of 6 different people, whose life situations overlap and intertwine. The meaning of the word Forestillinger is ambiguous in Danish language, and can refer to "conceptions" or (as in "conceptions about one self") as well as "plays" or "shows" in the theatrical sense.
With the exception of Prop og Berta, the nature of Per Fly's filmography is centered around the lives of ordinary people, being mainly (social) realistic in nature. They explore the conditions under which the characters are living, and try to validate or explain the choices they make through a detailed psychological and social depiction of the characters involved. Per Fly has written manuscripts for the three movies of the Denmark trilogy.
Filmography
- Kalder Kathrine! (1994, short movie)
- Bænken (2000)
- Prop og Berta (2001)
- Arven (2003)
- ManslaughterManslaughter (2005 film)Manslaughter is a 2005 Danish film written and directed by Per Fly. The film stars Jesper Christensen and Pernilla August as well as Fly's wife Charlotte Fich....
(2005) - The Woman That Dreamed About a ManThe Woman That Dreamed About a ManThe Woman That Dreamed About a Man aka The Woman Who Dreamed Of a Man is a 2010 mostly English language Danish-Polish-French erotic psychological drama film directed by Per Fly.- Plot :...
(2010)
Other works
- Forestillinger (2007, TV series)
- Taxa, episode 31 (1998, TV series)
- Taxa, episode 32 (1998, TV series)
- Taxa, episode 33 (1998, TV series)
Awards
- 2002: Bodil awardBodil AwardsThe Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by Denmark's National Association of Film Critics . The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in the Imperial Cinema in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe...
for best movie, Bænken - 2004: Bodil awardBodil AwardsThe Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by Denmark's National Association of Film Critics . The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in the Imperial Cinema in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe...
for best movie, Arven - 2005: The Nordic Council Film PrizeThe Nordic Council Film PrizeThe Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The first award was handed outin 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. Since 2005 the prize has been annual. One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. In 2008,...
, ManslaughterManslaughterManslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...