Director, screenwriter. Born 1980 (René Frelle Petersen).
Frelle Petersen started out in the film industry as assistant director in 2003. He has since directed a number of award-winning short films. He debuted as a feature film director with 'Where Have All the Good Men Gone' (2016), which was selected for the Seattle Film Festival.
His second film, 'Uncle' (2019), won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Film Festival and was honoured with the talent award at CPH PIX and the audience prize at the Kosmorama Trondheim Film Festival. Petersen also won a Danish Bodil for best screenplay.
Petersen's third feature film, 'Forever' (2022), had its international premiere in Competition at San Sebastián Film Festival.
Frelle Petersen started out in the film industry as assistant director in 2003. He has since directed a number of award-winning short films. He debuted as a feature film director with 'Where Have All the Good Men Gone' (2016), which was selected for the Seattle Film Festival.
His second film, 'Uncle' (2019), won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Film Festival and was honoured with the talent award at CPH PIX and the audience prize at the Kosmorama Trondheim Film Festival. Petersen also won a Danish Bodil for best screenplay.
Petersen's third feature film, 'Forever' (2022), had its international premiere in Competition at San Sebastián Film Festival.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Sweet Home | 2025 | Direction, Screenplay, Editor | DK/Feature |
| Forever | 2022 | Direction, Screenplay, Editor | DK/Feature |
| Onkel | 2019 | Direction, Screenplay, Cinematographer, Editor, Executive producer | DK/Feature |
| Where Have All the Good Men Gone | 2016 | Direction, Screenplay, Executive producer | DK/Feature |
| Mommy | 2013 | Direction, Screenplay, Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Catch the Dream | 2013 | 3rd assistant director | DK/Feature |
| As You Were | 2012 | Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Editor | DK/Short fiction |
| This life | 2012 | 2nd assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Going Nowhere | 2011 | Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Editor | DK/Short fiction |
| R | 2010 | 1st assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Historietimen 1. sæson | 2009 | Assistant director | TV series |
| Fri os fra det onde | 2009 | 2nd assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Go with peace Jamil | 2008 | 2nd assistant director | DK/Feature |
| The Smell of Hair | 2007 | Direction, Script, Appearance | DK/Short fiction |
| The Art of Crying | 2007 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Kærlighed på film | 2007 | Casting: extras | DK/Feature |
| AFR | 2007 | Research | DK/Feature |
| Strings | 2004 | 2nd assistant director | DK/Feature |
