Louise Vesth

Producer Louise Vesth (b. 1973). Has a BA in economics and graduated from the producing programme at The National Film School of Denmark in 2001. Since 2001 she has worked as a producer with the Danish film company, Zentropa. Louise Vesth has had long term collaborations with directors like Christian E. Christiansen, Mikkel Nørgaard, Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Rønnov Klarlund and Lars Von Trier. She produced Nikolaj Arcel's "A Royal Affair" (2012), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. She has also produced the highly successful adaptations of Jussi Adler Olsen's Department Q, "The Keeper of Lost Causes", "The Absent One", "A Conspiracy of Faith" and "The Purity of Vengeance". She has been Lars Von Triers regular producer since "Melancholia" and was in Festival de Cannes 2018 with "The House that Jack Built". She manages to combine the commercial with the artistic and is keen to work with younger generation of directors.