Tom Hooper directed The Danish Girl.
The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper , based on the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener . Tom Hooper . His 2015 film , The Danish Girl , was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film .