Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Born	(1947-03-02) 2 March 1947 (age 77) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1978–present

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (Danish: [ˈsœːɐ̯n̩ ˈkʰʁɑˀw ˈjɑkʰʌpsn̩]; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.

Early career

Kragh-Jacobsen started out as a popular musician in Denmark, before attending film school in Prague. After returning to Denmark, he directed and co-wrote television productions.

He became one of the developers of the avant-garde film-making project Dogme95, based on creating films based only on reality, without artificial lighting and technology.

Career

His first feature film was Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (1978). This was followed by the successful Rubber Tarzan (1981), Thunderbirds (1983), Emma's Shadow (1988), Shower of Gold (1988), The Boys from St. Petri (1991), The Island on Bird Street (1997), and his international break-through, dogme No. 3 Mifune's Last Song (1999), and Skagerrak (2003). Mifune's Last Song won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1] Skagerrak was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2] He has done some commercials and Danish/Swedish TV series.

Acclaimed internationally, he has received several major awards for his work, including the Memorial François Truffaut Award/Giffoni, an Emmy for The Island on Bird Street and a Silver Bear at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin for Mifune's Last Song. The Boys from St. Petri was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Marriage and family

Kragh-Jacobsen is married to musician Cæcilie Nordgreen. They live in Copenhagen with their two children.^[4][5]

Filmography

Work	Year	Credit	Notes
Oh, To Be a Butterfly [da]	2020	Direction	Feature
The Hour of the Lynx	2013	Direction	Feature
Borgen	2010	Direction	TV series
What No One Knows	2008	Direction	Feature
The Protectors	2008	Direction	TV series
Det danske dogmeri	2005	Appearance	Documentary
The Eagle	2004	Direction	TV series
Skagerrak	2003	Direction	Feature
The Purified	2002	Appearance	Documentary
D-Dag	2001	Direction	TV film
Mifune's Last Song	1999	Direction	Feature
The Island on Bird Street	1997	Direction	Feature
The Flyer	1996	Script consultant	Feature
The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon	1995	Lyrics	Feature
Circus Hildebrandt	1995	Lyrics	Feature
Jungledyret Hugo	1993	Lyrics	Feature
The Boys from St. Petri	1991	Direction	Feature
War of the Birds	1990	Music	Feature
The Miracle in Valby	1989	Script consultant	Feature
Shower of Gold [da]	1988	Direction	Feature
Emma's Shadow [da]	1988	Direction	Feature
Omsen og Momsen [da]	1987	Script	TV film
Livet er en god grund	1985	Direction	TV film
Granny's House [da]	1984	Script	Feature
Ude på noget	1984	Script	TV series
Thunderbirds (1983 film) [da]	1983	Direction	Feature
Rubber Tarzan [da]	1981	Direction	Feature
Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? [da]	1978	Direction	Feature

References

1. "Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
2. "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
3. "Festival de Cannes: The Boys from St. Petri". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
4. "Søren Kragh-Jacobsen: "Min kone kan stadig overraske mig"". Femina. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
5. "Søren Kragh-Jacobsen: Derfor holder mit ægteskab". Billed Bladet. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

External links

• Søren Kragh-Jacobsen at IMDb
• Søren Kragh-Jacobsen in the Danish Film Database
• Søren Kragh-Jacobsen in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)