Directing

Birgitte Stærmose

Born October 18, 1963 · Bogense, Danmark (age 62)

Birgitte Stærmose is a danish film director educated in the US, where she resided for 14 years. Stærmose made her feature film debut with "Værelse 304" (2011) for which she received the award for Best Director at the Aubagne Film Festival in 2013. The documentary "Wishes" (2009), with staged monologues written by Peter Asmussen and performed by street children from Prishtina, Kosovo, won several i…

Known For

Darling

Darling · 2017

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.

Room 304

Room 304 · 2011

In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.

The Idealist

The Idealist · 2015

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

The Good Traitor

The Good Traitor · 2020

The Good Traitor

MovieDramaHistory

The Danish ambassador to Washington declares himself to be the sole representative of a free Denmark during the Nazi occupation of the country.

Camino

MovieDramaComedy

A man takes his daughter on the Camino de Santiago to honor his late wife's last wish.

Afterwar

Afterwar · 2024

MovieDocumentary

The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war.

Se mig nu

Se mig nu · 2001

Two cousins, Iben and Sanne, are invited to spend their summer holiday with their aunt, the owner of a dilapidated spa in Eastern Europe. The aunt is an eccentric woman whose life is sustained by memories of a time long past; Iben and Sanne are eager and hungry for life. Soon after their arrival, they discover Felix, a young man who has pitched his tent in the aunt's large, overgrown park. All three women are drawn to Felix.

Industry

Industry · 2020

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

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Darling

Darling · 2017

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.

Director

Room 304

Room 304 · 2011

In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.

Director

The Idealist

The Idealist · 2015

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Writer

The Good Traitor

The Good Traitor · 2020

The Good Traitor

MovieDramaHistory

The Danish ambassador to Washington declares himself to be the sole representative of a free Denmark during the Nazi occupation of the country.

Script Consultant

Camino

MovieDramaComedy

A man takes his daughter on the Camino de Santiago to honor his late wife's last wish.

Director

Afterwar

Afterwar · 2024

MovieDocumentary

The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war.

Director

Se mig nu

Se mig nu · 2001

Two cousins, Iben and Sanne, are invited to spend their summer holiday with their aunt, the owner of a dilapidated spa in Eastern Europe. The aunt is an eccentric woman whose life is sustained by memories of a time long past; Iben and Sanne are eager and hungry for life. Soon after their arrival, they discover Felix, a young man who has pitched his tent in the aunt's large, overgrown park. All three women are drawn to Felix.

Director

Industry

Industry · 2020

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

Director

The Spanish Princess

The Spanish Princess · 2019

The Spanish Princess

The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Director

Norskov

Norskov · 2015

SeriesDramaCrime

Norskov is a police drama that takes place in an industrial city in northern Denmark. The city is raw and unsentimental, and the financial crisis has left its mark, but there is still a lot of community spirit and empowerment. In the series we follow the policeman Tom Noack, who returns to the city he left almost 20 years ago, and his two childhood friends who in the meantime have become the mayor and primary contractor.

Director

The English Game

The English Game · 2020

The English Game

Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.

Director