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Anders Thomas Jensen

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Apr 6, 1972(age: 54)
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Anders Thomas Jensen

Biography of Anders Thomas Jensen:

Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972 in Frederiksværk) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night. He also received Oscar nominations in the live-action short category for his films Ernst & The Light (1996) and Wolfgang (1997). From the end of the 1990s and into the new millennium he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including Mifune's Last Song (co-written with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), In China They Eat Dogs, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt, and Brothers. In 2000 Anders Thomas Jensen for the first time directed a feature film: the action-comedy Flickering Lights, and since then directed The Green Butchers and Adam's Apples. In 2005 he received the Nordisk Film Award (1000 Danish kroner times the age of Nordisk Film).

Anders Thomas Jensen has directed:

The Last Viking(2025)
Riders of Justice(2020)
Men & Chicken(2015)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)(2007)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)(2006)
Adam's Apples(2005)
The Green Butchers(2003)
Flickering Lights(2000)
Election Night(1998)
Wolfgang(1997)
Ernst & the Light(1996)
The Monster of Florence

Anders Thomas Jensen has acted in:

Sonny Mango(2026) ... as Ærkeenglen Anders
The Idiots Who Started The Party(2020) ... as Sig selv
When Danish Film Crosses the Line(2020) ... as Sig selv

Additional credits for Anders Thomas Jensen:

The Last Viking(2025)(Screenplay)
The Promised Land(2023)(Writer)
The Marco Effect(2021)(Script Consultant)
Riders of Justice(2020)(Screenplay)
Abbi fede(2020)(Original Film Writer)
Held for Ransom(2019)(Writer)
After the Wedding(2019)(Original Film Writer)
The Dark Tower(2017)(Screenplay)
The Shamer's Daughter(2015)(Writer)
People Get Eaten(2015)(Script Consultant)
Men & Chicken(2015)(Writer)
A Second Chance(2014)(Writer)
The Salvation(2014)(Writer)
All for Two(2013)(Writer)
Love Is All You Need(2012)(Screenplay)
Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past(2012)(Production Manager)
Boys On Film: Bad Romance(2011)(Writer)
In a Better World(2010)(Screenplay)
The New Tenants(2009)(Writer)
Brothers(2009)(Writer)
At World's End(2009)(Writer)
Antichrist(2009)(Story Supervisor)
Fear Me Not(2008)(Writer)
The Duchess(2008)(Screenplay)
White Night(2007)(Writer)
With Your Permission(2007)(Screenplay)
Red Road(2006)(Writer)
Clash of Egos(2006)(Screenplay)
After the Wedding(2006)(Screenplay)
Murk(2005)(Writer)
Adam's Apples(2005)(Writer)
The Sun King(2005)(Writer)
Too Fat Too Furious(2005)(Screenplay)
Brothers(2004)(Writer)
Stealing Rembrandt(2003)(Screenplay)
Sweet Dreams(2003)(Screenplay)
The Green Butchers(2003)(Screenplay)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself(2002)(Screenplay)
Open Hearts(2002)(Screenplay)
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II(2002)(Screenplay)
Count Axel(2001)(Screenplay)
Flickering Lights(2000)(Screenplay)
Beyond(2000)(Writer)
The King Is Alive(2000)(Writer)
In China They Eat Dogs(1999)(Writer)
Mifune(1999)(Writer)
Albert(1998)(Screenplay)
Baby Doom(1998)(Writer)
Restless Heart(1998)(Writer)
Election Night(1998)(Writer)
Wolfgang(1997)(Screenplay)
Ernst & the Light(1996)(Writer)
Café Hector(1996)(Screenplay)
Davids bog(1996)(Writer)
Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'(Original Film Writer)
Winter Warriors(Co-Writer)
My Fairytale Life(Writer)

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