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Janus Metz

Director | Producer | Writer

With "Armadillo" (2010) Danish director Janus Metz (born 1974) stepped firmly into the international spotlight winning the Grand Prix of the Cannes film festival 's Critic's week. His film about a ... read full biography

Known for Borg vs. McEnroe (2017), ZeroZeroZero (2019-2020), True Detective (2015), Armadillo (2010)

Details

1974 (age 46)

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Images (37)

Still of Janus Metz, Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in Borg vs. McEnroe

Janus Metz & Sine Plambech - Golden Eye, Zürich Film Festival

Janus Metz & Dane Dehaan, on set for ZeroZeroZero

Janus Metz, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf at event for Borg vs. McEnroe

Janus Metz - on set for ZeroZeroZero

Janus Metz, Sine Plambech & Thom Powers, TIFF

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Awards

15 wins & 22 nominations

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Filmography

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23 titles

Projects in Development (1 title)	Budget	Status
Dangerous Ground Director Director See fewer		Script

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
All the Old Knives Director Director See fewer		Filming

Past Film & Video (10 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018) Additional Photography, Director, Writer Additional Photography, Director, Writer See fewer
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017) Director (directed by) Director (directed by) See fewer	SEK 165MM	$53K	$231K	$3.4MM
Becky's Journey (2014) (Short) - Editor Editor See fewer
Det Korte Liv (2014) (Short) - Director, Writer (as Janus Metz Pedersen) Director, Writer (as Janus Metz Pedersen) See fewer
The Expedition to the End of the World (2013) Executive Producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Writer Executive Producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Writer See fewer		$7K	$39K	$39K
The Act of Killing (2012) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$1MM	$27K	$487K	$726K
Rupture (2011) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Armadillo (2010) Additional Photographer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director Additional Photographer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director See fewer	$1.5MM	$4K	$15K	$2MM
Fra Thy til Thailand (2008) Director Director See fewer
Township Boys (2006) (Short) - Cinematographer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director, Executive Producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Sound (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Writer Cinematographer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director, Executive Producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Sound (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Writer See fewer

Past Television (6 titles)	Episodes
ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020) (TV Series) - Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2019), Director (3 episodes, 2020) Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2019), Director (3 episodes, 2020) See fewer Same Blood (Mar 6, 2020) Season 1, Episode 8 - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	8
True Detective (2015) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2015) Director (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Maybe Tomorrow (Jul 5, 2015) Season 2, Episode 3 - Director Director See fewer	1
P.O.V. (2011) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2011), Additional Photography (1 episode, 2011) Director (1 episode, 2011), Additional Photography (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Armadillo (Aug 30, 2011) Season 24, Episode 9 - Additional Photography (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen) Additional Photography (as Janus Metz Pedersen), Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen) See fewer	1
Vores Krig (2010) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 2010) Director (1 episode, 2010) See fewer Armadillo (May 27, 2010) Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen) Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen) See fewer	1
Fra Thailand til Thy (2007) (TV Movie) - Director Director See fewer
Clash of the Titans (1996) (TV Series) - Director (1 episode, 1996) Director (1 episode, 1996) See fewer Borg v McEnroe (Jun 17, 1996) Season 1, Episode 2 - Director Director See fewer	1

Self (5 titles)
Días de cine (2018) (TV Series) - Self - Interviewee (2 episodes, 2018) Self - Interviewee (2 episodes, 2018) See fewer Episode dated 17 May 2018 (May 17, 2018) Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer Episode dated 26 April 2018 (Apr 26, 2018) Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer
Go' morgen Danmark (2015–2017) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2015) Self (2 episodes, 2015) See fewer Episode dated 13 September 2017 (Sep 13, 2017) Self Self See fewer Episode dated 6 July 2015 (Jul 6, 2015) Self Self See fewer
IMDb at Toronto International Film Festival (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer IMDb at Toronto 2017 (Sep 8, 2017) Season 1, Episode 1 - Self Self See fewer
Fashion Beat TV (2011) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2011) Self (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Armadillo (Apr 12, 2011) Season 1, Episode 7 - Self Self See fewer
Aftenshowet (2010) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2010) Self (1 episode, 2010) See fewer Episode dated 25 May 2010 (May 25, 2010) Self Self See fewer

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