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Vinca Wiedemann

Vinca Wiedemann graduated as a film editor from National Film School of Denmark, but she soon moved into script development.

As film commissioner at the Danish Film Institute and artistic director of New Danish Screen, she was responsible for granting development and production support to numerous feature films and was instrumental in the rise of Danish cinema.

Vinca is an internationally esteemed script consultant and story supervisor for directors such as lars von Trier who collaborated closely with her on his scripts for MELANCHOLIA and NYMPHOMANIAC. She works regularly with Susanne Bier and has recently worked with Thomas Vinterberg on his upcoming TV series.

She was Director of The National Film School of Denmark, is Senior Advisor for european Writers Club, and serves internationally as member of think tanks, film juries, keynote speaker and as a tutor and lecturer on artistic collaboration and film issues linked to the development process, innovation, education, and film policy.

Interview of Vinca Wiedemann in the framework of the StoryTANK