Peter Aalbæk Jensen

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Peter Aalbæk Jensen (born April 8, 1956) is a Danish film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier founded the Danish film company Zentropa and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen.

Zentropa is known for the Dogme95-manifesto and such projects as Dogville (2003) starring Nicole Kidman, Dancer in the Dark (2000) starring Björk and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding (2006).

Peter Aalbæk Jensen has executive produced over 70 theatrical feature films and many television productions, has founded a long list of subsidiary companies and is widely regarded as the most important Danish film producer since the 1990s.[1]

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• Peter Aalbæk Jensen at IMDb
• Interview with Peter Aalbæk Jensen
• Zentropa at IMDb
• Zentropa official site
• Filmbyen official site