About

Known credits:
46
Birthday:
1912-03-14
Place of birth:
Aarhus, Denmark
Website:
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Johan Jacobsen

Overview

Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968).

In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium.

From 1947 on, he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016) at his own film studio, Flamingo.

In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965.

In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.

Known for

Acting
1948 Næste gang er det dig Actor Speaker (voice) N/A
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1947 Jenny and the Soldier Actor man at the taxi exchange 59
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1947 Lise kommer til byen Actor 59
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1945 The Invisible Army Actor Stikker 59
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1933 With Full Music Actor Gast eines Musikverlags 59
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Directing
1966 Søskende Directing Director 59
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1963 Dronningens vagtmester Directing Director 58
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1959 A Stranger Knocks Directing Director 59
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1956 Vi som går stjernevejen Directing Director 59
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1956 Den store gav-tyv Directing Director 59
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1955 The Blinded Directing Director 59
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1951 Som sendt fra himlen Directing Director 59
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1951 All this - and Iceland too Directing Director N/A
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1951 Naalen Directing Director 59
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1950 Min kone er uskyldig Directing Director 59
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1949 Kongefilmen Frederik IX Directing Director N/A
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1948 Næste gang er det dig Directing Director N/A
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1948 3 years after Directing Director 59
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1947 Jenny and the Soldier Directing Director 59
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1946 Letter from the Dead Directing Director 59
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1946 Far betaler Directing Director 59
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1945 The Invisible Army Directing Director 59
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1945 Da freden kom til Danmark Directing Director N/A
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1945 Mens sagføreren sover Directing Director 58
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1944 Otte akkorder Directing Director 59
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1944 De tre skolekammerater Directing Director 59
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1943 As You Want Me Directing Director 59
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1943 My Dear Wives Directing Director 59
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1942 Baby paa eventyr Directing Director 59
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1942 Ballade i Nyhavn Directing Director 59
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1941 Tobiasnætter Directing Director 59
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1941 Tag det som en mand Directing Director 59
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1940 I de gode gamle dage Directing Director 59
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1939 En lille tilfældighed Directing Director 59
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1938 Under byens tage Directing Director 59
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Writing
1947 Jenny and the Soldier Writing Writer 59
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Production
1966 Søskende Production Producer 59
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1963 Sextet Production Producer 58
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1960 Frihedens pris Production Producer 58
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1958 Krudt og klunker Production Producer 59
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1957 Be Dear to Me Production Producer 59
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1955 The Blinded Production Producer 59
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1951 Som sendt fra himlen Production Producer 59
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1951 Naalen Production Producer 59
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1947 Jenny and the Soldier Production Producer 59
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Art
1957 Be Dear to Me Art Production Design 59
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