The Danish Girl (film)
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The Danish Girl is a 2015 biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 novel of the same title by David Ebershoff, and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender-affirming surgery, Alicia Vikander as Wegener, and Sebastian Koch as Kurt Warnekros, with Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, and Matthias Schoenaerts in supporting roles.
Theatrical release poster
Buffalo, New York theater showing the film
Focus Features funded the renovation of Lili Elbes' grave in Dresden
Image: Eddie Redmayne by Gage Skidmore
Tom Hooper
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Thomas George Hooper is a British-Australian film director. Known for his work in film and television he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.
Hooper at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival
Hooper at the 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival
Hooper with Colin Firth in January 2011
Hooper adopted a style of framing actors at the extreme edge of a scene in both The Damned United (top) and The King's Speech (bottom)