Peter Flinth was born on 7 November 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Graduated from the National Film School of Denmark, 1993. Whilst at the school, he made "Requiem" (1992), awarded in Italy and the USA. Assistant director on numerous feature films.

He was admitted to the National Film School of Denmark, 1993 and in the same time worked as an assistant director on a number of Danish feature films, including most notably Academy Award-nominated Dance of the Polar Bears and Ole Bornedal's Nightwatch, before graduating in 1993 with the short film Den Sidste Færge.

Flinth's feature film debut for children, "Ørnens Øje"/"Eye of the Eagle" (1998), was a hit at the Danish boxoffice, Danish TV-viewers surpassed 1 million and the film became an international awardwinner.

"Fakiren fra Bilbao"/"The Fakir" (2004), also a festival hit, received awards at Lübeck, Kristiansand, Toronto and Leeds. Flinth received the prestigious Pråsen Award 2006 for his contribution to films for young people.

In 2009 Flinth directed the feature "The Wild Swans", which was co-written by the Danish Queen Margrethe 2.

During the years Flinth has also directed a number of Swedish and Norwegian films.


Filmography

Feature films

    Eye of the Eagle (1997)
    The Other Side (1999)
    Olsen-banden Junior (2001)
    The Fakir (2004)
    Wallander – Mastermind (2005)
    Arn – The Knight Templar (2007)
    Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
    The Wild Swans (2009)
    Nobel's Last Will (2012)
    Beatles (2014)
    Against The Ice (2021)

Short film

    Den Sidste Færge (1993)

Television

    Rejseholdet (2 episodes, 2000)
    Arn (2010)