Nicolas Winding Refn, 1970
Writers · September 29, 1970
Nicolas Winding Refn
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Nicolas Winding Refn is 55 years old, born September 29, 1970 · Libra.
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About
Nicolas Winding Refn turned neon-soaked violence and hypnotic pacing into a signature directorial voice across film and television. Born in Denmark on 29 September 1970, he directed the Pusher trilogy, then broke through globally with Drive, which won him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director in 2011. His follow-up films—Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon—doubled down on stylistic intensity, while his 2019 pivot to television with Too Old to Die Young and Copenhagen Cowboy showed his range across mediums. A Libra, Refn balances aesthetic risk with narrative precision.
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Biography
Nicolas Winding Refn is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer born 29 September 1970. He directed the Pusher trilogy between 1996 and 2005, establishing himself as a voice in European crime cinema. His breakthrough came with Bronson (2008) and Valhalla Rising (2009), avant-garde takes on violence and mythology. In 2011, Drive—an action-drama featuring sparse dialogue and synth-driven visuals—won him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director and earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Direction. He followed with Only God Forgives (2013) and The Neon Demon (2016), both stylistically extreme psychological works. In 2008, Refn co-founded Space Rocket Nation, a Copenhagen-based production company. His television work began in 2019 with Too Old to Die Young on Amazon Prime, and continued with Copenhagen Cowboy on Netflix, returning him to Copenhagen for the first time since Pusher 3. As a screenwriter and director, Refn operates across genre and form—film and television—bringing hypnotic, color-saturated visuals to crime, horror, and magical-realism narratives. Born under Libra, he channels the sign's duality into morally ambiguous protagonists and aesthetic-narrative tension. His life-path number is 1, reflecting innovation and directorial independence.
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Trivia
- Refn co-founded the production company Space Rocket Nation in Copenhagen in 2008, before Drive established him internationally.
- Drive won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director and earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Direction.
- Copenhagen Cowboy marked Refn's first return to Copenhagen as a filmmaker since completing the Pusher trilogy.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Leader
Independent, ambitious, and self-reliant. Nicolas Winding Refn tend to step into pioneer roles early and prefer setting direction over following it.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Hunter SchaferTiger · 1998
- Dylan WangTiger · 1998
- Kerris DorseyTiger · 1998
- AlexandraTiger · 1998
- Declan McKennaTiger · 1998
CHALLENGING
- Griffin GluckDragon · 2000
- Jade Pettyjohn
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Frequently asked
- How old is Nicolas Winding Refn?
- Nicolas Winding Refn is 55 years old (born September 29, 1970).
- When is Nicolas Winding Refn's birthday?
- Nicolas Winding Refn was born on September 29, 1970.
- What is Nicolas Winding Refn's zodiac sign?
- Nicolas Winding Refn is a Libra, born September 29, 1970.
- What is Nicolas Winding Refn's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Nicolas Winding Refn was born in 1970, the year of the Metal Dog.
- What does Nicolas Winding Refn do?
- Nicolas Winding Refn is a writer.
- Is Nicolas Winding Refn still alive?
- Yes — Nicolas Winding Refn is alive and 55 years old.
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