William Andreas Wivel
B. 1988 (Denmark)

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William Andreas Wivel is a Danish born filmmaker, working in several countries, based in Copenhagen. He received his MA in Film Science from the University of Copenhagen in 2014 with a part productional, part academic thesis on the subject; queer-feministic film aesthetics. After finishing university Wivel entered The National Film School of Denmark where he graduated as Director (Documentary) in 2019.
  Wivel is specialised in auteur-driven documentary film and his work has an essayistic approach to storytelling and combining strong visuals with an in-depth character study. His latest film "Sayōnara" was a Tiger Short Nominee at International Film Festival Rotterdam and selected for European Media Arts Festival, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin and Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montréal amongst others. He is now working on his debut feature length hybrid documentary ‘ATLAS’.




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EDUCATION


The National Film School
of Denmark
(2015-2019)

Documentary Director

University of Copenhagen (2012-2014)MA Filmscience
Thesis: Feminist Film Aesthetics


University of Copenhagen (2008-2012)
BA Danish Language and Literature
Exchange at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2011)



FILMOGRAPHY


Vanitas (2022)
Director
CPH:DOX 2023

Sayōnara
(2019)
Director, Filmed in Copenhagen  Tiger Short nominee at International Film Festival Rotterdam

Abricot, Bergamot, Lemon (2018)    Director, Filmed in Tunis

Sorgsystemer (2017) Director, Filmed in Copenhagen

Fire, Fem, Seks, Syv, Otto (2016) Director, Filmed in Copenhagen

23°32’50’’S/46°38’09’’W (2014)
Director, Filmed in São Paulo                                    
RESIDENCIES & WORK


The Fools Journey (2021/2023-)
Teaching programme for Nordland Kunst- og Filmhøgskole

Script Circle
(2022)
Participant with ‘Atlas’


The National Film School
of Denmark
(2020/2021)

Teacher: Film Language

New Danish Screen (2020)
Director: Until You Move Nothing Moves

Danish Film Directors
Production grant, Eye Trouble 

Danish Arts Foundation (2019)
Travel grant, Tunis, Ruins

CPH:DOX (2018)
Moderator





Liaison of Independent Filmmakers
of Toronto
(2017) / 16mm  
Artist on visit, Idella Foundation

Film for Artist (2016) / 16mm    
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Canada

Copenhagen Short
Film Festival
(2014-2016)

Programme Director / Curator

São Paulo Film School (2014)
Comprehensive film course

Danish Cultural Institute,
Rio de Janeiro
(2013)

Leader and curator at film festival Hemisfério