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Person

Louise Vesth

(1973 – )

Producer. Born 18/3 1973. Graduated from the producing programme at The National Film School of Denmark in 2001 and has since worked as a producer at Zentropa. Vesth also holds a BA in economics.

Louise Vesth's first feature was Pia Bovin's 'Wallah be' (2002), one of several children's and youth films that Vesth produced in the beginning of her career, including Christian E. Christiansen's Oscar-nominated short 'At Night' and Anders Morgenthaler's 'Echo' (2007). During that time, she was also producer on the successful TV show 'Clown' (2005-09) and later the feature 'Klown' (2010), which became the biggest box-office hit in Denmark in 2010.

Louise Vesth has had long term collaborations with directors like Christian E. Christiansen, Mikkel Nørgaard, Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Rønnow Klarlund and Lars von Trier. She produced Nikolaj Arcel's 'A Royal Affair' (2012), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the adaptations of Jussi Adler Olsen's Department Q trilogy, 'The Keeper of Lost Causes' (2013), 'The Absent One' (2014), 'A Conspiracy of Faith' (2016) and 'The Purity of Vengeance' (2018). She has been Lars von Trier's regular producer since 'Melancholia' (2011).

International film productions have always had Louise Vesth's great interest, both in terms of funding and distribution. It challenges her professional skills, but at the same time, she sees it as his job to keep hold herself and the director to the film's original idea, when all the practical details and decisions arise. She manages to combine the commercial with the artistic and is keen to work with the younger generation of directors.

In 2008, Louise Vesth became a board member at Zentropa. In the same year, she represented Denmark as one of the European 'Producers on the Move' at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, she and Zentropa producer colleague Sisse Graum Jørgensen received Erik Balling's Travelling Grant.
Filmography
Title Year Function Category
The Promised Land 2023 Producer DK/Feature
Riget Exodus 2022 Production
A Taste of Hunger 2021 Producer DK/Feature
A Taste of Hunger – VR 2021 Executive producer Interactive projects
Resin 2019 Executive producer DK/Feature
The House that Jack Built 2018 Producer DK/Feature
The Purity of Vengeance 2018 Producer DK/Feature
Finding Home 2018 Executive producer TV series
You Disappear 2017 Producer DK/Feature
A Conspiracy of Faith 2016 Producer DK/Feature
The Model 2016 Executive producer DK/Feature
On the Edge 2014 Producer DK/Feature
The Absent One 2014 Producer DK/Feature
Nymphomaniac Director's Cut 2014 Producer DK/Feature
Nymphomaniac 2013 Producer DK/Feature
The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013 Producer DK/Feature
The Weight of Elephants 2013 Executive producer DK/Feature
A Royal Affair 2012 Producer DK/Feature
The Secret Society of Fine Arts 2012 Producer DK/Feature
ID:A 2011 Producer DK/Feature
Melancholia 2011 Producer DK/Feature
Klown 2010 Producer DK/Feature
Truth About Men 2010 Producer DK/Feature
Zoomerne 2009 Producer DK/Feature
Crying for Love 2008 Producer DK/Feature
Mikkel og guldkortet 2008 Producer TV series
Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre 2007 Producer DK/Feature
At Night 2007 Producer DK/Short fiction
Ekko 2007 Co-producer DK/Feature
Råzone 2006 Producer DK/Feature
Clown 2005 Producer TV series
Zozo 2005 Co-producer Feature
Manderlay 2005 Line producer DK/Feature
2 moves, 1 pass 2003 Producer DK/Feature
Kopps 2003 Co-producer Feature
Wallah be 2002 Producer DK/Feature
Sidste weekend 2001 Producer DK/Short fiction
Feeding desire 2001 Line producer DK/Short fiction
Mine drømmes hus 1997 Producer DK/Documentary
The Flyer 1996 Casting assistant DK/Feature
Louise Vesth in trade directory

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