Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Born: 1947-03-02

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.


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The Purified

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Released: 2003-01-17

The filmmakers who created the Dogme Manifesto reflect, argue, and watch clips of their own films.

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The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

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Released: 2000-11-01

The Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the origins of Dogme95,...

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The Idiots Who Started The Party

as Himself
Released: 2020-10-13

Danish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films,...

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Dansk films bedste

as Self
First aired: 2022-03-02

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Guldregn

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First aired: 1986-11-15

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