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Niels Arden Oplev

Director | Producer | Writer

Known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), We Shall Overcome (2006), Daniel (2019), Flatliners (2017)

Details

Mar 26, 1961 (age 59)

External links

Images (8)

Still of Niels Arden Oplev and Noomi Rapace in Dead Man Down

Niels Arden Oplev and Michael Nyqvist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Millennium

Niels Arden Oplev at event for Flatliners

Niels Arden Oplev and Peter Schlessel at event for Dead Man Down

Niels Arden Oplev and Helen Du Toit at event for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Niels Arden Oplev and Helen Du Toit at event for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Film Award Award. Another 18 wins & 19 nominations

Contacts

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Filmography

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37 titles

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
Rose Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer		Filming

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
Vikings: Valhalla (2021) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2021) Director (1 episode, 2021) See fewer — Episode #1.1 (2021) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director Director See fewer	1	Filming

Past Film & Video (11 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Daniel (2019) Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	DKK 41MM			$57K
Flatliners (2017) Director Director See fewer	$19MM	$6.6MM	$17MM	$45MM
Speed Walking (2014) Director Director See fewer	DKK 22MM			$2.2MM
Dead Man Down (2013) Director Director See fewer	$30MM	$5.3MM	$11MM	$18MM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Director Director See fewer	$13MM	$336K	$10MM	$104MM
Worlds Apart (2008) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer				$4.4MM
We Shall Overcome (2006) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer				$114K
Between Us (2003) (Short) - Consultant (as Niels Arden) Consultant (as Niels Arden) See fewer
Fukssvansen (2001) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Portland (1996) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Nøgen (1992) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer

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Past Television (13 titles)	Episodes
FBI (2018) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2018), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2018) Director (1 episode, 2018), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Pilot (Sep 25, 2018) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	1
The Deep Mad Dark (2018) (TV Movie) - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer
Midnight, Texas (2017) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2017), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2017) Director (1 episode, 2017), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Pilot (Jul 24, 2017) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	1
Game of Silence (2016) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2016), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2016) Director (1 episode, 2016), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2016) See fewer Pilot (Apr 12, 2016) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer	1
Mr. Robot (2015) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2015), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2015) Director (1 episode, 2015), Executive Producer (1 episode, 2015) See fewer eps1.0_hellofriend.mov (Jun 24, 2015) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director (directed by), Executive Producer Director (directed by), Executive Producer See fewer	1
Under the Dome (2013) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2013), Producer (1 episode, 2013) Director (1 episode, 2013), Producer (1 episode, 2013) See fewer Pilot (Jun 24, 2013) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director (directed by), Producer Director (directed by), Producer See fewer	1
Unforgettable (2011) (TV Series) - Producer (5 episodes, 2011), Director (3 episodes, 2011) Producer (5 episodes, 2011), Director (3 episodes, 2011) See fewer Friended (Oct 25, 2011) Season 1, Episode 6 - Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	5
Millennium (2010) (TV Mini-series) - Director (2 episodes, 2010) Director (2 episodes, 2010) See fewer Del 2 - Män som hatar kvinnor (Mar 27, 2010) Season 1, Episode 2 - Director Director See fewer Del 1 - Män som hatar kvinnor (Mar 20, 2010) Season 1, Episode 1 - Director Director See fewer	2
Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004–2006) (TV Series) - Head Director (5 episodes, 2005), Director (2 episodes, 2004) Head Director (5 episodes, 2005), Director (2 episodes, 2004) See fewer Kodenavn: Ithaka - Del 24 (Nov 26, 2006) Season 3, Episode 8 - Head Director Head Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	7
Forsvar (2003) (TV Series) - Director (4 episodes, 2003) Director (4 episodes, 2003) See fewer Uden for loven (Oct 8, 2003) Season 1, Episode 4 - Director Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4
Rejseholdet (2000) (TV Series) - Director (3 episodes, 2000) Director (3 episodes, 2000) See fewer Assistancemelding A-21/99, del2 (Oct 15, 2000) Season 1, Episode 3 - Director Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
Taxa (1998–1999) (TV Series) - Director (9 episodes, 1998) Director (9 episodes, 1998) See fewer Del 56 (Dec 12, 1999) Season 5, Episode 11 - Director Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	9
Headbang i Hovedlandet (1997) (TV Movie) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer

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Self (11 titles)
Aftenshowet (2013–2014) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2013) Self (2 episodes, 2013) See fewer Episode dated 27 August 2014 (Aug 27, 2014) Self Self See fewer Episode dated 5 June 2013 (Jun 5, 2013) Self Self See fewer
Dead Man Down: Revenge Technique - The Cinematography (2013) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
Dead Man Down: Staging the Action - The Firefights (2013) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
Revenge and Redemption: Crafting Dead Man Down (2013) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Charlie Rose (2010) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2010) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2010) See fewer Episode dated 16 April 2010 (Apr 16, 2010) Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
To verdener - En virkelig historie (2008) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Robert 2007 (2007) (TV Special) - Self - Winner Self - Winner See fewer
Deadline (2006) (TV Series) - Self - Film Director (1 episode, 2006) Self - Film Director (1 episode, 2006) See fewer Episode dated 24 March 2006 (Mar 24, 2006) Self - Film Director Self - Film Director See fewer
Drømmen - en instruktørs rejse (2006) (TV Movie) - Self / Director Self / Director See fewer
Smagsdommerne (2006) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2006) Self (1 episode, 2006) See fewer Episode #3.7 (Mar 9, 2006) Season 3, Episode 7 - Self Self See fewer
Made in Filmland (1997) (Short) - Self Self See fewer

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