Jonas Elmer (director)

This article is about the Danish director. For the Swiss footballer, see Jonas Elmer.
Jonas Elmer
Born (1966-03-14) 14 March 1966 (age 58)
Virum, Denmark
OccupationFilm director
Years active1995–present

Jonas Elmer (born 14 March 1966)[1] is a Danish film director, screenwriter and previously an actor. In 1988 he was a production assistant at the set of Family Business, starring Sean Connery.[2]

Elmer graduated in direction at the National Film School of Denmark in 1995.[3] His debut as a director came with the Danish film Let's Get Lost which won him a Robert and Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Since then, he has directed the Danish feature films Monas verden and Nynne. He has also directed 21 episodes of the Danish sit-com Langt fra Las Vegas. He directed his first American feature film in 2008, New in Town, starring Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr, which was released in January 2009. In 2013 he directed the film In Real Life, a production about human desire to have their unmet needs satisfied, and shows their passions, desperation and delusion.[4]

  1. ^ "Jonas Elmer | Danish Film Institute". www.dfi.dk. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jonas Elmer". bebopfilm. June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  3. ^ John, Ole [in Danish] (2006). At lære kunsten: 40 år med filmskolen (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Aschehoug. p. 270. ISBN 978-87-11-30048-0. OCLC 466469100. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ Eurochannel. "In Real Life – Jonas Elmer – Denmark – Eurochannel". Eurochannel: The European TV channel – European movies, TV series and music. Retrieved 7 December 2016.