About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1947-03-02
Place of birth:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Website:
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Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Overview

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (born 2 March 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.

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.

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. Skagerrak was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 Dansk films bedste Actor Self 70
Good
2020 The Idiots Who Started The Party Actor Himself 59
Average
2003 The Purified Actor Himself 59
Average
2000 The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 Actor Self 59
Average
1986 Guldregn Actor Fortæller N/A
N/A

Directing
2020 The Butterfly Swing Directing Director 58
Average
2013 The Hour of the Lynx Directing Director 59
Average
2008 What No One Knows Directing Director 58
Average
2003 Sweet Dreams Directing Director 58
Average
2000 D-Day Directing Director 58
Average
1999 Mifune Directing Director 60
Fair
1997 The Island on Bird Street Directing Director 60
Fair
1991 The Boys from St. Petri Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Shower of Gold Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Emma's Shadow Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Life Is a Good Reason Directing Director 59
Average
1983 Isfugle Directing Director 59
Average
1981 Rubber Tarzan Directing Director 59
Average
1978 Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2020 The Butterfly Swing Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2013 The Hour of the Lynx Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2003 Sweet Dreams Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1999 Mifune Writing Writer 60
Fair
1991 The Boys from St. Petri Writing Writer 59
Average
1988 Emma's Shadow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1984 Ude på noget Writing Writer 69
Fair
1984 My Granny's House Writing Writer 58
Average
1983 Isfugle Writing Writer 59
Average
1981 Rubber Tarzan Writing Writer 59
Average