Jessica Nilsson

Director and screenwriter Jessica Nilsson was born in Sweden, 1965, but has lived in Denmark since 1988. She is best known for her unique music videos and award winning short films, such as "Loser" and "The Sausage", which won First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festivel 1998. Most recently, she has received critical acclaim for "Till Death Do Us Part" and other outstanding radio plays written and directed for Denmark's Radio. She is a graduate from the Danish Film School. At Odense Film Festival 2000, in connection with her short film "Spotless", she received the Danish Directors' Prize of Merit.




2003
* ALL ABOUT ANNA (feature film; director).
Prod: Innocent Pictures / Zentropa.

2002
* ABSOLUTE PARTYTERAPI (60 minutes musical; writer/director).
Prod: Danish Ministry of Culture's Development Fund / Danish Film Workshop.
* LIVET SKAL LEVES (theatrical feature, in development; writer/director).
Prod: Crone Film Produktion / The Danish Film Institute.
* MØGUNGER (theatrical feature, in development; script consultant).
Prod: Crone Film Produktion.
* STRESSLESS (15 minutes; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Film Workshop / The Danish Ministry of Culture's Development
Fund / The Danish Actors' Association / Danish Film Directors.
* TIL DØDEN OS SKILLER (65 minutes radio drama, scheduled for fall 2002;
writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* ØNSKEBABY (short, in development; writer/director).
Prod: S.Film / Short Fiction Film Denmark.

2001
* HULLET (65 minutes radio drama; writer/director).

2000
* LIVET GÅR VIDERE, PART 2 (improvisational project; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association.
* Danish Directors' Honorary Award at Odense Film Festival.
* Guest teacher at Oslo Fotokunstskole.

1999
* SPOTLESS (5 minutes thriller portrait; writer/director).
Prod: Zentropa / Vaudeville Production , The Danish Film Workshop.
Special Jury Prize at Flickerfest 2001 (Sydney); also in competition at Sundance 2001.
* PSYKOLOGENS DAGBOG (66 minutes; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association / The Danish Film Workshop.
* LIVET GÅR VIDERE, PART 1 (improvisational project; writer/director).
Prod: The Danish Actors' Association.
* DIE JODELADIES GOES SENNHEISER (infomercial; writer/director)
* Director of segments on the children's TV program FJERNSYN,
and on the TV comedy talk show JAGTEN PÅ SANDHEDEN.

1998
* TABER! [aka: Loser!] (40 minutes drama; writer/director).
Prod: Angel Films / Short Fiction Film Denmark).
* DE KLASSISKE BØRNESANGE (60 minutes music video; writer/director).
Prod: Sony / Denmark's Radio.
* JODELADIES GOES BAUERNHOFF (music video; writer/director).
First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festival 1999.
* Idea and research on documentary about two Danish girls in prison.
Prod: Denmark's Radio - dokumentargruppen.

1997
* PROFORMA (25 minutes TV movie; writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* Songwriter for the Danish band KYED.
The CDs “Pusher” and “Dance & More Music from Denmark".

1996
* FOR A WHILE (short; writer/director).
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
* LILLE S-KAT (short; writer/director).
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
* GNAGS: GØSTA HAMMERFEDT (music video; writer/director).
Prod: EMI.
* AXEL BOISEN: DUBI-DUB (music video; writer/director).
Prod: Harder Productions.

1991-1995
* Student at The Danish Film School (directing).
* BRYLLUPSREJSEN (comedy short; writer/director).
Graduation-film from The Danish Film School.
* TV-ANSJOSEN (segments of satirical TV program; writer/director).
Prod: Denmark's Radio.
* PØLSEN (short; writer/director)
Prod: BABYfilm / Feltwave.
First Prize at Oslo Short Film Festival 1998.

1988 -1991
* Student at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.