Christian E. Christiansen.

 

Director, born 1972. Christiansen’s Hollywood debut, The "Roommate" (2011), was the first ever film directed by a Dane to go straight to number one on the American box- office charts. His second Hollywood film, "Where the Devil Hides", is opening later this year. Christiansen graduated in production from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001 and worked as a producer on several Danish productions before making his directorial debut in 2006 with "Life Hits". He was nominated for an Oscar for his short film "At Night" (2007), which he developed into the feature "Crying for Love" (2008). His latest feature "On the Edge" is Christiansen’s seventh film as a director. Christian has also directed for television, latest as additional director on "The Kingdom III: EXODUS" for Lars Von Trier. Before that he directed the family adventure series "Finding Home" for Danish TV 2, and episodes for critically acclaimed show "Below the Surface" season 1 and 2.