Directed credits
11
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Directing
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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 2All crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 21183
IMDb ID: nm0716347
Known for: Directing
Born: September 29, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2025
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q359397
Also known as
ニコラス・ウィンディング・レフン • 尼古拉斯·温丁·雷弗恩 • Рефн, Николас Виндинг • 니콜라스 윈딩 레픈 • Jang • 니콜라스 빈딩 레픈 • 니콜라스 레픈 • 尼古拉斯·温丁·雷芬
Frequent jobs
Director (11)Executive Producer (5)Screenplay (4)Writer (4)Presenter (1)
Biography
Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed 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. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016). In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazon Prime. After Amazon's 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, which was the setting for his magical realism series, Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Winding Refn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
5.6
Beauty Is Not a Sin
Director
2024 Movie
6.3
Circus Maximus
Director
2023 Movie
6.8
Touch of Crude
Director
2022 Movie
1.0
Rematch
Director
2019 Movie
6.5
The Neon Demon
Director
2016 Movie
7.6
Drive
Director
2011 Movie
7.2
Pusher III
Director
2005 Movie
5.8
Fear X
Director
2003 Movie
Her Private Hell
Director
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Nicolas Winding Refn.
7.8
Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - Filmmaker
2013 Movie
7.6
Drive
Director
2011 Movie
7.2
Pusher II
Screenplay
2004 Movie
7.2
Pusher III
Director
2005 Movie
7.0
Pusher
Screenplay
1996 Movie
7.0
Bronson
Screenplay
2009 Movie
6.7
Bleeder
Screenplay
1999 Movie
6.5
The Neon Demon
Director
2016 Movie
6.1
Valhalla Rising
Writer
2009 Movie
5.8
Only God Forgives
Writer
2013 Movie
5.8
Fear X
Director
2003 Movie
5.3
Pusher
as Dutch Bob
2012 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Nicolas Winding Refn.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Nicolas Winding Refn.
7.6
Drive
Director
2011 Movie
6.5
The Neon Demon
Director
2016 Movie
7.0
Bronson
Screenplay
2009 Movie
7.3
NWR
as Self
2012 Movie
6.8
Gambler
as Himself (Jang)
2006 Movie
Her Private Hell
Director
Movie
5.8
Only God Forgives
Writer
2013 Movie
6.7
Bleeder
Screenplay
1999 Movie
7.0
Pusher
Screenplay
1996 Movie
6.1
Valhalla Rising
Writer
2009 Movie
4.7
Dying of the Light
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
7.2
Pusher II
Screenplay
2004 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Nicolas Winding Refn.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Nicolas Winding Refn.
Big Trouble on Billycock Hill
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.9
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Presenter
2021 Movie
4.7
Dying of the Light
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
5.8
Only God Forgives
Writer
2013 Movie
5.9
Black's Game
Executive Producer
2012 Movie
5.6
Pusher
Writer
2010 Movie
6.1
Valhalla Rising
Writer
2009 Movie
7.0
Bronson
Screenplay
2009 Movie
7.2
Pusher II
Screenplay
2004 Movie
6.7
Bleeder
Screenplay
1999 Movie
7.0
Pusher
Screenplay
1996 Movie
The Avenging Silence
Writer
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Nicolas Winding Refn.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Nicolas Winding Refn.
6.7
Dario Argento: Panico
as Self
2024 Movie
6.6
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
as Self
2023 Movie
7.4
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn
as Self
2023 Movie
4.5
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
2015 Movie
6.5
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
as Self
2015 Movie
6.4
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
as Self
2015 Movie
7.8
Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - Filmmaker
2013 Movie
Drive Without a Driver
as Self
2012 Movie
5.3
Pusher
as Dutch Bob
2012 Movie
7.3
NWR
as Self
2012 Movie
6.8
Gambler
as Himself (Jang)
2006 Movie
6.7
Chinaman
as The Doctor
2005 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Nicolas Winding Refn.