Noer studied at the
European Film College and later at the
National Film School of Denmark, where he graduated from the documentary programme in 2003. His 2007 documentary,
Vesterbro, received a Special Mention at the
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX). Co-directing with
Tobias Lindholm, Noer made his narrative feature debut with the 2010 prison drama
R, which won the
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and the
Robert Award for Best Danish Film and earned them the
Robert Award for Best Director. He subsequently directed
Northwest and
Key House Mirror, which were released in 2013 and in 2015, respectively. In 2018,
Before the Frost, his fifth feature set in 19th-century rural Denmark, premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival. It also competed at the
Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize and the Award for Best Actor. == Filmography ==