Kasper Barfoed

Kasper Barfoed

director, writer, producer

Kasper Barfoed was born on Mar 07, 1972 in Denmark. Kasper Barfoed's big-screen debut came with Min søsters børn i Ægypten directed by Kasper Barfoed in 2004.

Danish writer and director Kasper Barfoed was born in Copenhagen in 1972. He was a child actor, performing in the stage musical version of Oliver Twist and in Ingmar Bergman-actress, Liv Ullmann's directing debut Sofie.Later, he moved behind the camera, directing commercials and 2nd unit work on feature films. The award-winning short, The Performance, led to the feature debut in 2004, the children's film My Sister's Kids in Egypt, one of the highest grossing Danish movies of the decade. That was followed by another children's film, the award-winning The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar. In 2008 he directed the thriller The Candidate starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas and in 2013 the thriller The Numbers Station starring John Cusack and Malin Akerman. In 2015 he co-wrote and directed the drama Sommeren '92. In 2017 he created the TV series Below the Surface.

  • Birthday

    Mar 07, 1972
  • Place of Birth

    Copenhagen, Denmark

Awards

4 wins & 9 nominations

Leeds Young People's Film Festival
2007
9-14 Years
Winner - Special Mention
Cinekid
2006
Tempelriddernes skat (2006)
Winner - Audience Award
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