Lindholm first received attention for his work as a television writer on the popular Danish
political drama TV series
Borgen (2010–2022), credited on all 20 episodes of the series' first two seasons, either as an episode writer or storyline contributor. In 2011, Lindholm was awarded a special
Bodil Award for having two feature films,
Submarino (as co-writer) and
R (as director and writer) in competition for that year's
Best Danish Film, which the latter movie also won. His hostage drama
A Hijacking premiered at the 2012
Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section. Lindholm has been a frequent collaborator with film director
Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films
Submarino (2010),
The Hunt (2012), and
Another Round (2020). Lindholm directed the 2015 drama
A War () about a
Danish military company in
Afghanistan that is captured by the
Taliban, and the commander is accused of
war crimes. The film was nominated for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
88th Academy Awards. In November 2021, Lindholm struck a
first-look deal with global media company
Sister, to develop and produce scripted series. The first project, called
The Best of Us, is a dramatisation of
9/11 first responders, with
Jeremy Strong set to star in it. In 2025, it was announced that Lindholm co-wrote
Torpedo, a new Danish crime thriller, along with director Frederik Louis Hviid. ==Personal life==