After The Hunt and Nymphomaniac, Wiedemann becomes headmaster
- Danish producer Vinca Wiedemann named head of the National Film School of Denmark, to succeed Poul Nesgaard, who leaves the position after 21 years
Having most recently worked as a script supervisor for Danish directors Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac [+see also:
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"With Wiedemann’s professional experience, insight and network, her visions as well as her clout, perception and analytical sense, the school got a head who can manoeuvre in the reality and the challenges that the film school is facing. I look forward to seeing her results,” said Danish culture minister Marianne Jelved.
“Danish films, both features and documentaries, are an outstanding success. The film school's most important job in the years to come is to be an inspiring and challenging oasis to new filmmakers, who are trying to find their own stories and their own views of the world,” Wiedemann added.
An educated film editor, Wiedemann was a teacher at the school between 1990-1995. In 1999, she was signed on as feature film consultant by the Danish Film Institute, to establish New Danish Screen in 2003 an become the programme’s first artistic director. Since 2007 she has worked in various capacities for Zentropa Entertainments.
Besides being script supervisor for von Trier, Vinterberg and Susanne Bier, she has produced such films as Pernille Fischer Christensen’s A Family [+see also:
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