a summary of titles

Johannesburg Revisited (1996) In 1962, Danish director Henning Carlsen managed to shoot a controversial feature in Johannesburg under clandestine conditions. In this documentary, the original cast of black and white actors return from exile to meet the new South Africa. A film about hope and desillusion and the alienation of coming home after 34 years. Produced for TV2/ Denmark, NRK and the Danish Film Institute

The Magus (1999) is a portrait of Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson, who - until his untimely death in 1968 - melted jazz with Scandinavian folk music into a style of extraordinary beauty. Friends and colleagues look back on an enigmatic man, who took them on an unforgettable musical voyage.
Produced for SVT, DR, NRK and the Danish and Swedish Film Institutes. Awarded Best Documentary at Odense Film Festival 1999.

A Burning Issue (2000) follows an ambitious project in Mozambique to rid the entire country of dangerous waste pesticides. Ironically, the Danish-funded project is met by the fury of a new environmentalist movement in Mozambique, and the situation develops into a thought-provoking dilemma: Which standards are good enough for Africa?
Produced for DR and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Malaria! (2001) is a broad account of the causes and consequences of drug-resistant malaria. Tracing its history and following its path of destruction throughout the Third World, the film explores how the disease - despite of its enormous scale - has been totally neglected by the multinationals of the drug industry.
Produced for DR and the Danish Film Institute. Awarded Best Short Documentary at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology, New York 2003

Tintin And I (2003) is a portrait of Belgian artist Hergé and his world-famous cartoon character. Based on a previously unreleased interview with the artist, the film explores the deep connections between the Adventures of Tintin and Hergé's personal life.
Produced for DFI, DR, SVT, NRK, FST, RTBF, VRT, AVRO, France 2, France 5 and TSF. Awarded Special Prize of the Jury at HotDocs, Toronto 2004, Best Documentary at EURODOK Oslo 2004, The Bodil Award for Best Danish Documentary 2005, 2nd Prize "Alsace-Europe" Strasbourg 2003. Nominated for EBU's Golden Link 2004 and Prix Europa 2004.

The Vanguard Of Diplomacy (2004) follows the first wave of Danish diplomats and advisers as they struggle to find their bearings in the chaos of post-war Iraq. As the violence in Baghdad grows by the week, the pressure on their morale and convictions is taken to the limit. Written and directed with Anders Riis-Hansen. Produced for DR and the Danish Film Institute.

Gasolin' (2006) is an intimate portrait of Denmark's iconic rock band of the 1970's. A motley crew of forceful personalities recapitulate how they developed a brotherhood with a shared sense of destiny despite their nerve-wrecking conflicts about the music, the lyrics - and everything else under the sun. Produced for DR and The Danish Film Institute. Released in cinemas nationwide with the highest box-office returns in the history of Danish documentary.
Awarded Best Danish Documentary at Odense Film Festival 2006, Golden Doc 2006 by the Danish Producers' Union, DVD Of The Year 2006 by GAFFA Magazine, the Zulu Award 2007 for Best Danish Film and the Bodil Award 2007.

 

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2006 Writer and director of Gasolin' - an intimate portrait of Denmark's iconic rock band of the 70's. Best-selling documentary in the history of Danish cinema. Awarded Best Danish Documentary at Odense Film Festival 2006. The Bodil Award for best documentary 2007, Golden Doc 2006 by the Danish Producers' Union, The GAFFA award 2006 for best Danish DVD, The Zulu Award 2007 for best Danish film.

2004 Writer and director with Anders Riis-Hansen of The Vanguard of Diplomacy on the first Danish diplomats in post-war Iraq. Produced for DR and the Danish Film Institute.

2003 Writer and director of Tintin and I on Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist. Produced for DFI, DR, SVT, NRK, FST, RTBF, VRT, AVRO, France 2, France 5 and TSF. Awarded Special Prize of the Jury at HotDocs, Toronto 2004, Best Documentary at EURODOK Oslo 2004, 2nd Prize "Alsace-Europe" Strasbourg 2003, The Bodil Award 2005 for Best Danish Documentary. Nominated for EBU's Golden Link 2004 and PRIX EUROPA 2004.

2002 Editor with Gitte Løkkegaard of Brothers in Spirit - a series of artist portraits for TV 2/ Denmark.

2001 Writer and director of Malaria! on the causes and consequences of the world-wide disease. Produced for DR and the Danish Film Institute. Awarded Best Short Documentary at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology, New York 2003.

2000 Writer and director of A Burning Issue on pesticides in Africa. Produced for DR and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1999 Writer and director of The Magus - a portrait of Swedish pianist Jan Johansson. Produced for SVT, DR, NRK and the Danish and Swedish Film Institutes. Awarded Best Documentary at Odense Film Festival 1999.

1996 Writer and director of Johannesburg Revisited - based on the 1962 feature A World Of Strangers by Henning Carlsen. Produced for TV2/ Denmark, NRK and the Danish Film Institute

1991-95 Copy writer and strategic adviser at Jersild & Co., an advertising agency specialized in social and political campaigns. Occasional researcher and assistant director at the documentary units of DR and TV 2/ Denmark.

1991 Graduated at the Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus

1988 Trained at Central Television, London.

1965 Born in Copenhagen.