The Danish Girl is a motion picture.
Academy Award for Best Actor . It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry . 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 . The film was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival , and it was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . It was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film .