Søren Balle
Søren Balle is an award-winning Danish director working on both TV shows and feature films. He works across a multitude of genres and projects, from high-concept TV shows to independent feature films. His work has consistently been sought after for its exceptional quality, authenticity and high level of performance.
Søren graduated from the Directors' Programme of the Danish National Film School with his debut feature film The Sunfish, which was nominated for 15 national awards, winning him a Best Screenplay award, as well as a Dragon Award nomination for Best Nordic Director. He has since worked as a lead director, showrunner and screenwriter on numerous projects ranging from the Netflix series Equinox to DR’s Follow the Money and Adam Price’s Ride Upon the Storm. He also directed the TV series Oxen.
For Søren, it is crucial that projects are driven by ambition, depth and a strong narrative.
Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh
Selected works
Oxen – TV series (director) - 2025
Mysteriet på Bornholm – TV series (creator, writer) - 2024
Dag og Nat – TV series (director) - 2022
Det forsvundne ravkammer – TV series (creator, writer, director) - 2022
Equinox – TV series (lead director) - 2020
Deliver Us/Fred til lands – TV series (director) - 2019
The Rain II – TV series (lead director) 2019
Follow the Money/Bedrag - TV series (lead director) - 2019
Ride Upon the Storm/Herrens veje - TV series (director) - 2017
The Sunfish/Klumpfisken - Film (writer, director) - 2015
Awards & nominations
Equinox
Robert Prisen – Nominated for Best TV Series – 2022
Bedrag
Robert Prisen – Winner, Best TV Series – 2020
Klumpfisken
Bodil Prisen – Nominated for Best Danish film – 2015
Robert Prisen – Winner, Best Adapted Screenplay – 2015
Robert Prisen – Nominated for Best Film – 2015
Robert Prisen – Nominated for Best Director – 2015
Robert Prisen – Nominated for the Audience Award – 2015
Göteborgs Film Festival – Nominated for Best Nordic Film – 2014
Hamburg Film Festival – Nominated for the Political Film Award – 2014
Klumpfisken trailer
Equinox | Official Trailer | Netflix
Dag och natt | Streama nu | TV4 Play
Follow The Money (Bedrag) | Trailer | Topic