Directing · Writing · age 78

Bille August

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Bille August, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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198322 films2023

Current formLast 5: 6.48 vs career 6.87 (−0.39)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.87

22 rated films

Vote weighted

6.89

bigger films count more

Median

6.9

half are better

Consistency

±0.48

rating spread

Career

41y

1983 to 2023

Total votes

182K

across every film

Best

7.7

Pelle the Conqueror

Worst

6.3

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Newest first

Directing filmography

2023	Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction	5.9	3,591
2022	The Kiss	6.6	1,239
2021	The Pact	6.4	1,117
2018	A Fortunate Man	7.2	8,850
2017	55 Steps	7.0	4,117
2017	In Harm's Way	6.3	2,081
2014	Silent Heart	7.1	2,068
2013	Night Train to Lisbon	6.8	22,067
2012	Marie Krøyer	6.3	1,516
2007	Goodbye Bafana	7.1	12,543
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	6.7	5,881
2004	Return to Sender	6.3	2,634
2001	A Song for Martin	6.9	1,273
1998	Les Misérables	7.4	44,831
1997	Smilla's Sense of Snow	6.3	16,109
1996	Jerusalem	6.9	1,617
1993	The House of the Spirits	6.9	26,812
1992	The Best Intentions	7.7	3,807
1987	Pelle the Conqueror	7.7	12,814
1984	Buster's World	7.1	1,746

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

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