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Janus Metz

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Janus Metz
With "Armadillo" (2010) Danish director Janus Metz (born 1974) stepped firmly into the international spotlight winning the Grand Prix of the Cannes film festival 's Critic's week. His film about a group of Danish soldiers at the front line in Afghanistan spurred heated debate, not only about the war but also about the boundaries between fiction and documentary filmmaking. With his debut narrative feature "Borg/McEnroe" (2017), Metz made an even bigger splash opening the Toronto Film Festival. Metz has also directed an episode of the acclaimed TV.series "True Detective" as well as 3 episodes of the series "ZerZeroZero". Metz holds a master degree in visual anthropology and his body of work also include shorts, commercials, art films and music videos.
BornSeptember 27, 1974
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BornSeptember 27, 1974
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    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 25 nominations total

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    Known for

    Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in Borg/McEnroe (2017)
    Borg/McEnroe
    6.9
    • Director
    • 2017
    Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018)
    Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2018
    Armadillo, dans le piège afghan (2010)
    Armadillo, dans le piège afghan
    7.4
    • Director(as Janus Metz Pedersen)
    • 2010
    Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Thandiwe Newton, and Chris Pine in Le couteau par la lame (2022)
    Le couteau par la lame
    6.1
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2022

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    • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
      Andor
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2025
    • Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Thandiwe Newton, and Chris Pine in Le couteau par la lame (2022)
      Le couteau par la lame
      6.1
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2022
    • ZeroZeroZero (2019)
      ZeroZeroZero
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018)
      Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in Borg/McEnroe (2017)
      Borg/McEnroe
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)
      True Detective
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Det korte liv
      5.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Rupture (2011)
      Rupture
      3.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen)
      • 2011
    • Armadillo, dans le piège afghan (2010)
      Armadillo, dans le piège afghan
      7.4
      • Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen)
      • 2010
    • Ole Bornedal, Anders Gustafsson, Laurits Munch-Petersen, Ronnie Fridthjof, Kasper Torsting, and Janus Metz in Vores krig (2010)
      Vores krig
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Janus Metz Pedersen, 2009)
      • 2010
    • Fra Thy til Thailand
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Fra Thailand til Thy (2007)
      Fra Thailand til Thy
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Township Boys
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Clash of the Titans (1996)
      Clash of the Titans
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996

    Producer



    • ZeroZeroZero (2019)
      ZeroZeroZero
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019–2020
    • Ekspeditionen til verdens ende (2013)
      Ekspeditionen til verdens ende
      6.9
      • executive producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen)
      • 2013
    • Township Boys
      Short
      • executive producer (as Janus Metz Pedersen)
      • 2006

    Writer



    • Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018)
      Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story
      7.2
      • co-writer
      • 2018
    • Det korte liv
      5.0
      Short
      • co-writer (as Janus Metz Pedersen)
      • 2014
    • Ekspeditionen til verdens ende (2013)
      Ekspeditionen til verdens ende
      6.9
      • co-writer
      • 2013
    • Rupture (2011)
      Rupture
      3.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Township Boys
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2006

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    • Alternative name
      • Janus Metz Pedersen
    • Born
      • September 27, 1974
      • Viborg, Denmark

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