Jessica Nilsson

Who is Jessica Nilsson?

Jessica Nilsson is a Swedish director based in Denmark; she is best known for the feature film All About Anna.

She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and later graduated from the National Film School of Denmark.

Her short film Pølsen won First Prize at the Oslo Short Film Festival 1998.

Spotless was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and was shown at the Odense Film Festival in 2000, where she received the Danish Directors' Prize of Merit. Furthermore, Spotless won the Special Jury Prize at Flickerfest 2001 in Sydney.

All About Anna won three Scandinavian Adult Awards, including Best Scandinavian Couples Film, and was nominated for four AVN Awards, including Best Foreign Film.

Following All About Anna, Nilsson has mainly been writing and directing radio plays. The Danish Association of the Blind awarded her its 2005 Radioplay Award for her radio play Flammende kærlighed, produced by Danmarks Radio.

She directed an attempt at a second feature film, Sverige er fantastisk, a road movie starring Lene Maria Christensen, Mette Føns and Erik Clausen. It was shot in 2006, but has not been released.