{{Short description|Danish film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Helle Faber | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|15}} | birth_place = Herning, Denmark | occupation = Producer | organization = Made in Copenhagen ApS | awards = 2026 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Other awards, see filmography. | website = {{URL|madeincopenhagen.dk/en}} }}
'''Helle Faber''' is a Danish film producer and CEO for the production company Made in Copenhagen.
== Career == Faber graduated as a journalist from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 1991 and subsequently worked at DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) until 2003. In 2003, she was hired as a producer at Bastard Film and at one point also became co-owner of the company before it was acquired by Monday Media in 2009. It was at Bastard Film that the foundation of her career in film production was established. In 2010, she founded her own production company, Made in Copenhagen, where she serves as a creative producer and director.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Helle Faber {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/helle-faber |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref>
As a producer, she is behind internationally acclaimed titles, such as the Oscar, BAFTA and Peabody winner Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | work=Det Danske Filminstitut |date=2026-03-16 |title='Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Wins Historic Oscar Gold |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/english/news/mr-nobody-against-putin-wins-historic-oscar-gold | language = en |access-date=2026-05-12 }}</ref> Mummy's Boys (2025) directed by Jesper Dalgaard, Theatre of Violence (2023) directed by Emil Langballe, The Chocolate War (2022) directed by Miki Mistrati, and Warriors from the North (2014) directed by Søren Steen Jespersen.
In 2026, Helle Faber became the first Dane ever to win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature with Mr. Nobody Against Putin,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Historic Academy Awards to Nordic films |url=https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/historic-academy-awards-to-nordic-films |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=Nordisk Film & TV Fond |language=en}}</ref> which also won a BAFTA Award, a Peabody Award, a Robert, a Bodil, and more than 20 other awards.
Faber is a member of the Producers Guild of America.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Lambdin |first=Allison |date=2026-03-01 |title=2026 PGA Awards – Winners |url=https://producersguild.org/2026-pga-awards-winners/ |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=Producers Guild}}</ref>
== Filmography == * 2025 - ''Mr. Nobody Against Putin'', directed by David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |work=Det Danske Filminstitut |date=2026-05-12 |title=Helle Faber |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/helle-faber |language = en |access-date=2026-05-12 }}</ref> * 2025 - ''Mummy's Boys'', directed by Jesper Dalgaard <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-16 |title=Mummy's Boys {{!}} DFI |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/127222 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-16 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2025 - ''The Golden Swan'' (co-producer), directed by Anette Ostrø<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-16 |title=ENG-The Golden Swan |url=https://www.frifilm.no/en/the-golden-swan |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-16 |website=frifilm.no}}</ref> * 2024 - ''Ungeren'', directed by Mads Matthiesen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-16 |title=Ungeren - FilmFyn |url=https://filmfyn.dk/film/ungeren/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-16 |website=filmfyn.dk}}</ref> * 2024 - ''Leaving Jesus'' (co-producer), directed by Ellen Fiske<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-16 |title=Leaving Jesus - Momentofilm |url=https://momentofilm.se/films/leaving-jesus/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-16 |website=momentofilm.se}}</ref> * 2023 - ''Theatre of Violence'', directed by Emil Langballe & Lukasz Konopa<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-16 |title=Theatre of Violence {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/defending-ongwen |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-16 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2023 - ''The Mountains'' (executive producer), directed by Christian Einshøj<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-17 |title=The Mountains {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/113731 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2022 - ''The Chocolate War'', directed by Miki Mistrati<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-17 |title=The Chocolate War - DR Sales |url=https://drsales.dk/programmes/the-chocolate-war/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=drsales.dk}}</ref> * 2022 - ''An Eternity of You and Me'' (executive producer), directed by Sanne This<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-17 |title=An eternity of you and me {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/122772 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2021 - ''Dark Blossom'' (executive producer), directed by Frigge Fri<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-17 |title=Dark Blossom {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/116067 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2021 - ''Follow You Home'' (executive producer), directed by Kathrine Ravn Kruse<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-17 |title=Follow You Home {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/hjem-er-hvor-min-bror-er#Credits |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2021 - ''Skál'' (executive producer), directed by Cecilie Debell & Maria Tórgar∂<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Skál {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/114813#Credits |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2021 - ''Bellum – The Daemon of War'' (co-producer), directed by David Herdies & Georg Götmark<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Bellum – The Daemon of War - Momentofilm |url=https://momentofilm.se/films/bellum-the-daemon-of-war/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=momentofilm.se}}</ref> * 2019 - ''Det Sorte Kapitel'', directed by Maya Albana<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Det sorte kapitel {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/det-sorte-kapitel |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2019 - ''A Married Couple'', directed by Emil Langballe<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=A Married Couple {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/et-aegte-par |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2019 - ''Long, Live, Love'', directed by Sine Skibsholt<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Long, Live, Love {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/lever-elsker-savner |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2018 - ''Lost Warrior'', directed by Søren Steen Jespersen & Nasib Farah<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Lost Warrior - DR Sales |url=https://www.drsales.dk/programmes/lost-warrior/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=drsales.dk}}</ref> * 2018 - ''Reconstruction Utøya'' (co-producer), directed by Carl Javér<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Reconstruction Utøya {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/rekonstruktion-utoya#Credits |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2018 - ''Doel'' (executive producer), directed Frederik Sølberg<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Doel {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/doel#Credits |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2017 - ''The Stranger'', directed by Nicole N. Horanyi<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=The Stranger {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/en-fremmed-flytter-ind |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2017 - ''Life as a Grown Up'', directed by Anders Gustafsson<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Life as a Grown Up {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/rigtig-voksen |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2016 - ''Motley's Law'', directed by Nicole N. Horanyi<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Motley's Law {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/motleys-law |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2016 - ''Who We Were'', directed by Sine Skibsholt<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Who We Were {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/dem-vi-var |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2016 - ''The Wait'', directed by Emil Langballe<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=The Wait {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/mon-de-kommer-om-natten |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2014 - ''Warriors from the North'', directed by Søren Steen Jespersen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Warriors from the North {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/krigerne-fra-nord |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2014 - ''Embracing the Dead'', directed by Nanna Frank Møller<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Embracing The Dead {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/et-civiliseret-land |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2014 - ''Naked'', directed by Nicole N. Horanyi<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Naked {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/dagbog-fra-porn-valley |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2013 - ''Blood Ties'', directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen & Pernille Bervald Jørgensen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Blood Ties {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/blodets-band |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2013 - ''Light Fly, Fly High'' (co-producer)'','' directed by Susann Østigaard & Breathe Hofseth<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=ENG-Light Fly, Fly High – Fri Film Dokumentar |url=https://www.frifilm.no/en/light-fly-fly-high |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=frifilm.no}}</ref> * 2012 - ''Putin's Kiss'', directed by Lise Birk Pedersen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Putin's Kiss {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/putins-kys |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2012 - ''The Shady Chocolate'', directed by Miki Mistrati<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=The shady chocolate {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/lyssky-chokolade |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2011 - ''My Beautiful Daughter'', directed by Maya Albana<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=My Beautiful Daughter {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/min-smukke-datter |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2011 - ''Med Døden til Følge'', directed by Eva Mulvad<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Med døden til følge {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/med-doden-til-folge |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2011 - ''Village at the End of the World'', directed by Sarah Gavron<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Village at the End of the World {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/byen-ved-verdens-ende#Credits |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2011 - ''Au Pair'', directed by Nicole N. Horanyi & Heidi Kim Andersen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Au Pair {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/au-pair |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2010 - ''Convicted for Terror'', directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen, Miki Mistrati & Nagieb Khaja<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Convicted for Terror {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/domt-terror |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2009 - ''Invisible Girls'', directed by Sidse Stausholm<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Usynlige Piger {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/usynlige-piger |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref> * 2009 - ''Shanghai Spaces'', directed by Nanna Frank Møller<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-19 |title=Shanghai Spaces {{!}} Danish Film Institute |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/shanghai-space |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=dfi.dk}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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