Name: Nicolas Winding Refn
Date of Birth: 29 September 1970 Danish Film School drop-out. Son of Anders Refn. Owned a film company called Jang Go Star, which went bankrupt. Half-brother of Kasper Winding. Ex brother-in-law of Brigitte Nielsen. Huge fan of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). After Pusher 3 (2005) received a bad review from the Danish newspaper Politiken, he wrote to the next big newspaper, Berlingske, practically begging it to give a favorable review. The paper instead printed an article about it and, of course, it didn't give the film a good review. ... He once stated that his greatest source of inspiration is Martin Scorsese and his films. As a salute to him, he used the main theme from Scorsese's Casino (1995) in the opening sequence of Bleeder (1999). Of his Pusher trilogy, he prefers the third movie, because it's the most experimental and risky one. Lars von Trier offered him a chance to direct Dear Wendy (2005), but he turned it down. In 2003, a biography, written by famed journalist Henrik List, was published about Nicolas, spanning his earlier years from Pusher (1996) to Fear X (2003). He and his wife Liv Corfixen were the subjects of a theatrical documentary called Gambler (2006). The film followed the struggle of his career after the bankruptcy from Fear X (2003) to the successful completion of the Pusher trilogy. Due to the complicated production of Fear X (2003), he was forced to complete the successful Pusher trilogy, which he wrote, produced, and directed within a year. Avid toy collector. In particular Japanese robots, Dr. Who Daleks, and replica Thunderbird vehicles. In 2008, he started a new production company called JGS with longtime friends and business associates 'Lene Borglum' and Thor Sighvatsson. In his native Denmark, Nicolas is known as l'Enfant Sauvage (the Wild Child). Read more Nicolas Winding Refn movies (director)User Comments |
