Signe Byrge Sørensen (; born 1970) is a Danish film producer. She is the head of and co-founder of the film production company Final Cut for Real in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sørensen and film director Joshua Oppenheimer were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 2013 film The Act of Killing. She was also the producer to the critically acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence. Signe Byrge Sørensen a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Danish Film Academy. In 2022, she produced the animated documentary film Flee and was nominated in Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature categories. Life and career Signe Byrge Sørensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, she grew up in Maribo, Denmark. Signe Byrge Sørensen holds an MA in International Development Studies and Communication Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark. She did the European co-production courses EURODOC in 2003, EAVE in 2010 and ACE in 2018. Signe Byrge Sørensen began producing films in SPOR Media in 1998, moved to Final Cut Productions ApS in 2004 and co-founded Final Cut for Real ApS in 2009 with Anne Köhncke. In 2007 Signe Byrge Sørensen made contact to American film director Joshua Oppenheimer after seeing a portion of his footage from Indonesia during a seminar at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, CPH:DOX. The two of them began working together creating two documentaries both The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence. In 2012 The Act of Killing premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to win many prizes worldwide, including the European Film Award for Best Documentary, a Panorama Audience Award, and a Prize of the Ecumenical Jury from the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film also received the Robert Award by the Film Academy of Denmark, a Bodil Award by Denmark's National Association of Film Critics, and the Aung San Suu Kyi Award at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival 2013. The Act of Killing won the BAFTA for Best Documentary, European Film Award for Best Documentary, the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Documentary, and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. Signe Byrge Sørensens next film with Joshua Oppenheimer The Look of Silence from 2014 is a companion piece to The Act of Killing. This production was nominated for Best