In 2013 Only God Forgives was released – a film he wrote, produced, and directed staring Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scoca Thomas. In 2016The Neon Demon starring Elle Fanning and Keanu Reeves. The film competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festive, marking it as the third Conses’ve film directed by Refn that had competed for the Palme d’Or. In 2019, Nicolas created his first television series Too Old to Die Young (2019) which premiered on Amazon Prime. The ten-episode odyssey was write by Refn and Ed Brubaker. All ten episodes were directed by Refn. The series starred Miles Teller alongside Billy Baldwin and Jena Malone. Episodes four and five of the series premiered out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Refn followed up Too Old to Die Young with another streaming series, Copenhagen Cowboy (2023),
which was a Netlix produc’on. It was filmed at Refn’s na’ve Copenhagen, and not since Pusher 3 had
he shot a project there. The six episode supernatural noir-thriller first premiered at the Venice Film
Festival in 2022. A5er Copenhagen Cowboy, Nicolas directed a 30 minute short film, Touch of Crude,
which was created for the Prada SS23 women’s collec’on. In addi’on to the film, Refn created an
installa’on for Prada. The film premiered at the León Film Festival in 2023.
