Simon Staho
- Directing
- June 2, 1972 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
Danish film director Simon Staho (born 1972) has worked with a number of renowned Swedish actors, including Mikael Persbrandt, Noomi Rapace, Pernilla August and Erland Josephson. Staho’s first feature film Vildspor/Wildside (1998) was shot in Iceland and starred Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. It was selected for the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Variety wrote in its review: “A solidly crafted thriller with links to classic film noir, though the bleakly beautiful Icelandic settings invest this tale of friendship and betrayal with a distinct ambience. Intelligent and suspenseful fare.”
Known for
Filmography
- The Stranger · Director, Writer
- The Miracle · Director
- Love Is in the Air · Director, Screenplay
- Warriors of Love · Director, Writer
- Heaven's Heart · Director, Writer
- Daisy Diamond · Director, Writer
- Bang Bang Orangutang · Director, Writer
- Day and Night · Director, Writer
- Now · Director, Screenplay
- Wildside · Director, Writer