Tobias Lindholm ( born 1977 ) is a Danish screenwriter and film director best known for gritty moral dramas . Lindholm first received attention for his work as a television writer on the popular Danish political TV-series '' Borgen '' , credited on all 20 episodes of the series ' first two seasons , either as an episode writer or storyline contributor . Then , 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 '' ( 2012 ) premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section . He is also a frequent collaborator with film director Thomas Vinterberg , with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films '' Submarino '' ( 2010 ) and '' The Hunt '' ( 2012 ) . 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
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Tobias Lindholm