Nils Malmros, self-educated as a filmmaker, is formally trained as a surgeon.
23 Facts About Nils Malmros
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Nils Malmros is a 4-time recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and a 3-time recipient of the Robert Award for Danish Film of the Year.
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Nils Sigurd Malmros was born on 5 October 1944 in Arhus, Denmark the son of Richard Malmros, professor of neurosurgery at University of Aarhus, and Eli Cold.
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However, after viewing Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim and reading a film analysis by Klaus Rifbjerg, Nils Malmros became inspired to pursue film making.
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In 1968, using his own money and his friends as actors, Nils Malmros wrote and directed his first film: A Strange Romance.
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Nils Malmros was hurt, but pushed forward with his next movie project: Lars-Ole, 5c.
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In 1969, Nils Malmros sought financial support from the Danish Film Fund, first for script development of Lars-Ole, 5c, and again later for production.
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Nils Malmros filmed on location at the Finsensgades Skole in Arhus where he once attended, and he reduced costs by using children from the school as actors and extras.
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The positive results and financial success of his Lars-Ole, 5c permitted Nils Malmros to pursue his first professional film: Boys.
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The film premiered in 1977 and in 1978, Nils Malmros won his second Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.
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In 1981, Nils Malmros released the third film of his trilogy: Tree of Knowledge.
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Nils Malmros originally wanted to film over a four-year period but ran into financial difficulties with the film's funding from the Det Danske Filminstitut.
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In 1984 Nils Malmros won his third Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.
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Nils Malmros followed this with his 1989 film Arhus by Night.
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Nils Malmros held a preview of the movie and was criticized for the surrealistic Freudian ending by reviewers, for example critic Klaus Rifberg.
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However, without Rifberg's knowledge, Nils Malmros had seen the review and one week before the official premiere he removed the film's ending, thus shortening the film by 5 minutes.
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In 1992, Nils Malmros shifted from his usual milieu and made the dramatic tragedy Pain of Love.
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The film was nominated for the 2003 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Nils Malmros accepted the 2003 Danish Film Academy's Robert Award for Film of the Year.
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In 2009, Nils Malmros released another coming-of-age story, Aching Hearts.
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In 2013, Nils Malmros wrote and directed Sorrow and Joy about the tragic events in which his wife killed their 9-month-old daughter.
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Nils Malmros married school teacher Marianne Tromholt on 5 June 1982.
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Tromholt received 18 months of hospital treatment after which Nils Malmros obtained her release.
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Nils Malmros retired from teaching in 2012, prior to the release of Malmros' 2013 film Sorrow and Joy which recounts the tragic events.