Vinterberg made his first short film at the age of 16. Three years later, he was admitted to the National Film School of Denmark as their youngest student ever. He graduated in 1993, garnering a Student Academy Award nomination for his graduation film, “Last Round”. He made his debut feature “The Biggest Heros” in 1996. Vinterberg received an Achievement in World Cinema Award at the European Film Awards in 2008 for his role as a founding member of the 1995 Dogme movement. Vinterberg’s “Festen” (“The Celebration”) premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. “Festen” went on to win numerous other prizes worldwide, as well as critical and public acclaim, making it one of the most prominent films of the decade.

FILMOGRAPHY
2010 Submarino
2007 En mand kommer hjem / When A Man Comes Home
2005 Dear Wendy
2003 It’s All About Love
2000 The Third Lie
1998 Festen / The Celebration
1996 De største helte / The Biggest Heros
1994 Drengen der gik baglæns
1993 Slaget på tasken
1993 Sidste omgang / Last Round (short)