Per Fly was accepted to the Danish Film School in 1989. He completed his education in 1993 with the graduation film Room 17. In the following years Per Fly directed, among other films, the short films Sofaholdet (1994), Calling Katherine (1994) and The Little Knight (1997). In 1998, he directed the short film Liftarflickan and three episodes of the television show TAXI for Danish Radio. In 2001 Per Fly won a Bodil and a Robert award for Best Director, and both the Audience Award and the Best Director award from Nordische Film Days 2000 in Lübeck. The awards were given for Fly's debut feature film, The Bench (2000), which was the first in Per Fly's trilogy about the lower, middle and upper class in Denmark. The sequel, Inheritance (2003) about the Danish upper class, was the most attended film in Danish cinemas in 2003 and won a total of seven Robert awards in 2004, including Best Film, Best Director and The Audience Award. Inheritance also received several major international awards, including the award for best screenplay at the Flaiano International Film Festival in Italy and San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain. Per Fly won the award for Best Director once more at the Robert Awards, with the last film of the trilogy, Manslaughter (2005), and a Bodil for Best Film and the Nordic Council Film Prize. In 2005, Per Fly received the Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Culture Prize for the trilogy. In this context the Crown Prince stated that: "The trilogy is some of the most powerful films in Danish film history". In 2007 Per Fly made the TV series Performances in six episodes for the TV network DR. Sonja Richter won the award for Best Actress at the 47th Monte Carlo TV Festival. In January 2010 Per Fly released his latest film The Woman who Dreamed of a Man.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 14, 1960 (66)
- Skive, Danmark
- Director, writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Per Fly's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 7
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Per Fly's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Per Fly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Secrets We Keep(2025)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Danske tv-seriers bedste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Borgen - Power & Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Bedrag(2016)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Monica Z(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Allegro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Manslaughter(2005)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
My Dad Is a Champ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Inheritance(2003)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Prop and Berta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Bench(2000)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Little Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Taxa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 1997 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Monica Z (2013)
Highest rated
The Bench (2000)
Most popular right now
Secrets We Keep (2025)
Film career
- 2005Screen debut· Allegro
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Per Fly's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 7 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Per Fly's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Per Fly work with?
People who share at least 2 of Per Fly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Morten Giese shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Dorte Warnøe HøghShared titles: The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Dorte Warnøe Høgh
- Kim LeonaShared titles: Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Kim Leona
- Mogens RukovShared titles: Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mogens Rukov
Actors
- Jesper ChristensenShared titles: Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Jesper Christensen
- Lars RantheShared titles: Secrets We Keep (2025), The Bench (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Lars Ranthe
- Lars BrygmannShared titles: The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Lars Brygmann
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Morten GieseShared titles: Backstabbing for Beginners (2018), The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 5 shared titles with Morten Giese
- Halfdan EShared titles: Secrets We Keep (2025), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Halfdan E
- Harald Gunnar PaalgardShared titles: The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Harald Gunnar Paalgard
Producers
- Ib TardiniShared titles: The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Ib Tardini
- Peter Aalbæk JensenShared titles: The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003), The Bench (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Patrick RybornShared titles: Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace (2023), The Kindness of Strangers (2019), Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Patrick Ryborn
- Anna AnthonyShared titles: The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010), Manslaughter (2005), The Inheritance (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Anna Anthony