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Directing

Lone Scherfig

Career

Active from 1984 to 2023, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for An Education
An Education
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lone Scherfig Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Honeytrap
Honeytrap

Director, Screenplay

2020s

6 titles · average score 63
Det danske filmmirakel
Det danske filmmirakel (2026)

TV show

Insider
Insider (2025)

TV show · as Sig selv

The Girl with the Needle
The Girl with the Needle (2024)
GoodWatch score 82

Executive Producer

The Movie Teller
The Movie Teller (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

The Day We Died
The Day We Died (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

Executive Producer

The Idiots Who Started The Party
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)

as Sig selv

2010s

8 titles · average score 57
The Kindness of Strangers
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
GoodWatch score 46

Writer, Executive Producer

Backstabbing for Beginners
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Their Finest
Their Finest (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

A Serious Game
A Serious Game (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

Ulla Terkelsen i Italien
Ulla Terkelsen i Italien (2015)

TV show · as Sig selv

The Riot Club
The Riot Club (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

One Day
One Day (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Donkeys
Donkeys (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

Characters

2000s

6 titles · average score 72
An Education
An Education (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

Just Like Home
Just Like Home (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Writer

Red Road
Red Road (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer

Jeg er bare den logerende
Jeg er bare den logerende (2005)

Director, Writer

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Screenplay

Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

1990s

2 titles · average score 61
On Our Own
On Our Own (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

The Birthday Trip
The Birthday Trip (1990)

Director

1980s

1 title
Den onde cirkel
Den onde cirkel (1984)

Director