Christina Rosendahl was born on 5 January 1971 in
Nykøbing Falster, a city in
Region Zealand. She was educated at the
University of Copenhagen, where she was a student in Comparative Literary History and Film and Media Studies;
European Film College (1995-1996), where she befriended
Peter Albrechtsen (who would later become a sound designer and a long-time creative partner);
New York Film Academy; and
Super16, a non-traditional film school in
Valby. In 2002, Rosendahl graduated from Super16 and directed her first film
Stargazer, a documentary on her sister
Pernille Rosendahl and her band
Swan Lee. In 2006, she directed her first feature film,
Supervoksen; the film was about a character whom
AfterEllen called "the first lesbian teen in Danish film history". In 2007, she won the
Robert Award for Best Children's Film at the
24th Robert Awards for
Supervoksen. In 2015, she was the director of
The Idealist, a thriller film about an investigation into health issues concerning workers in the
1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash cleanup effort; she was nominated for the
Robert Award for Best Director (at the
33rd Robert Awards) and the
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (at the
69th Bodil Awards) for that film. In 2020, she directed and co-wrote
The Good Traitor, a period drama about the ambassador
Henrik Kauffmann; she was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Director (at the
38th Robert Awards) and the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (at the
74th Bodil Awards) for that film. She was chairperson of the Danish Film Directors Association from 2014 until her resignation in 2022. Rosendahl joined the European Film College's board in 2020. ==Filmography==