Rie Rasmussen(I)
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Rie Rasmussen was born in Denmark in 1976 to an artist mother and an
Economist father. She was raised in the Danish country in an extended
family with nine brothers and sisters. She moved to New York at the age
of 15 to paint and has continued to travel ever since. She lived in
Huntington Beach California where she briefly attended film school as a
director in 1998. While writing in Paris she was cast in Brian De
Palmas "Femme Fatale". After her role in Brian De Palma's film she was
picked by director Tom Ford as the exclusive worldwide face of Gucci.
At the age of 24 she directed her first short film, "Thinning the Herd"
which she also wrote and acted in. "Thinning the Herd" nominated for a
Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival 2004. She opened Taormina film
festival with her second short film 'Il Vestito' which she also wrote
and appeared in. Shot on location in Palermo, Sicily as a black and
white homage to Italian Neo-realism. In 2005 she was cast as the lead
in Luc Besson's "Angel-A" a French speaking black and white fairy tale
set in Paris. "Human Zoo" her first feature which she wrote, directed
and produced was officially selected at last years Berlin Film Festival
and was the opening night Panorama presentation.
