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Nicolas Winding Refn was born on 29 September, 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a Danish filmmaker. Discover Nicolas Winding Refn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 29 September, 1970
Birthday 29 September
Birthplace Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Denmark

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Nicolas Winding Refn Height, Weight & Measurements

At 53 years old, Nicolas Winding Refn height is 1.89 m .

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Who Is Nicolas Winding Refn's Wife?

His wife is Liv Corfixen (m. 2007)

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Nicolas Winding Refn Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nicolas Winding Refn worth at the age of 53 years old? Nicolas Winding Refn’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. He is from Denmark. We have estimated Nicolas Winding Refn's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1970

Nicolas Winding Refn (born 29 September 1970), also known as Jang, is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.

1996

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).

Refn made his directorial debut with the Danish crime film Pusher (1996).

1997

It garnered a Best Supporting Actor Award for Zlatko Burić at the 1997 Bodil Awards.

1999

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.

2000

Refn won the FIPRESCI prize for the film at the 2000 Sarajevo Film Festival the work won Best Lighting at the Robert Festival.

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.

2003

In 2003, Refn directed and wrote his first English-language film, Fear X, which starred John Turturro and was shot in Canada.

2004

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.

Refn later made two sequels to Pusher, Pusher II (2004) (a.k.a. Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands) and Pusher 3 (2005) (a.k.a. Pusher III: I'm The Angel of Death).

2005

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.

2008

In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.

Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and raised partly in New York City, United States.

Refn's parents are Danish film director and editor Anders Refn and cinematographer Vibeke Winding.

His half-brother is Kasper Winding, who has become a singer in Denmark.

He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts but was expelled for throwing a chair into a wall.

In 2008, Refn returned to the European art house film circuit after his unsuccessful Hollywood venture Fear X.

He wrote and directed Bronson (2008), which starred Tom Hardy as the title character, the U.K. prisoner Charles Bronson, noted for mental illness, violence and art.

2009

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.

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).

Hardy was nominated for Best Actor by the Evening Standard British Film Awards and the London Critics Circle Film Awards.

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.

2010

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.

2011

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.

The film also won a Best Make-Up award at the 2011 Robert Festival.

In 2011, Refn directed the American action drama film Drive (2011).

It premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where he received the Best Director Award.

The film earned Refn a BAFTA nomination for directing.

In September 2011, Refn said his next film would be I Walk with the Dead, with Carey Mulligan, co-star of Drive, slated to play the lead.

2012

The film was remade as a British version in 2012, Pusher, directed by Luis Prieto and executive produced by Refn.

The film was also nominated in 2012 for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture nomination for Albert Brooks, Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild, won Best Director, Best Screenplay (for Hossein Amini) and Best Supporting Actor (for Brooks) at the Austin Film Critics Awards, won Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Albert Brooks) and Best Use of Music in a Film (by Cliff Martinez), the Critics Choice Award at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Action Movie, Best Director, Best Picture and Breakthrough Film Artist at the Central Ohio Film Critics Association, Best Original Score (Martinez) and Best Supporting Actor (Brooks) at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Best Supporting Actor (Brooks) at the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Foreign Film at the Fotogramas de Plata, Best Director from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, a Top Films Award from the National Board of Review, Best Supporting Actor (Brooks) at the National Society of Film Critics Awards, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Director at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.

Refn wanted to cast Drive actress Christina Hendricks as Wonder Woman, but later focused on Batgirl instead.

2013

Refn's next films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013), and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016).

The Bangkok-set crime film Only God Forgives, starring Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas, premiered in competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

The film was awarded the Sydney Film Prize at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival.

Liv Corfixen, Refn's wife, directed the documentary My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, centered on the life and work of Refn and their relationship.

2014

The documentary film premiered on July 17, 2014, in Denmark.

2019

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.