Johan Jacobsen
- For the Norwegian politician, see Johan J. Jakobsen.
Johan Jacobsen (March 14, 1912 – July 7, 1972) was a Danish film director.
Jacobsen was born in Aarhus in 1912. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865-1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886-1968). He made his first films at the film studio Palladium that also produced the films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. From 1951 onwards Jacobsen produced his own films and those of his wife Annelise Hovmand (1926-) outside the Danish 'studio system' at his independent film studio Flamingo. In 1959 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] In his last years Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921-1984) at his cinema Merkur Bio in Copenhagen.
Filmography
Director:
Documentaries / shorts:
- Da freden kom til Danmark (1945)
- Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949)
- Næste gang er det dig (1948)
- En dag i radioen (1950)
- Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953)
- Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (aka Le Petite marchande d'allumettes, The Little Match Girl
- Splintret emalje (1956)
- Fremrykket møde (1964)
- Norden i flammer (1965)
Producer:
- Hvorfor stjæler barnet? (1955)
- Ingen tid til kærtegn (aka Be Dear to Me) (1957)
- Krudt og klunker (1958)
- Frihedens pris (1960)
- Gøngehøvdingen (aka The Musketeers) (1961)
- Sekstet (1963)
References
Notes
- Piil, Morten (ed): Danske filminstruktører, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2005
- Schepelern, Peter (ed): Filmleksikon, Copenhagen: Munksgaard Rosinante, 1995
Further reading
- Engberg, Margueritte, Dansk Filmhistorie 1896-1985, 1987
- Hesselberg, Claus et al., Dansk Film. Sophienholm, 1981
- Neergaard, Ebbe, Historien om dansk film, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1960
- Piil, Morten (ed), Gyldendals filmguide. Danske film fra A-Z, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1998
- Rasmussen, Bjørn, Om dansk film. Copenhagen: Institut for Filmvidenskab, 1978
- Rasmussen, Bjørn (ed), Filmens hvem-hvad-hvor, bd. 1: Danske titler og biografier 1929-1967, Copenhagen: Politikens forlag, 1968
- Schepelern, Peter (ed), 100 års dansk film, Copenhagen: Rosinante, 2001
External links
Persondata |
Name |
Jacobsen, Johan |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Danish film director |
Date of birth |
March 14, 1912 |
Place of birth |
Aarhus, Denmark |
Date of death |
July 7, 1972 |
Place of death |
Copenhagen, Denmark |