Johan Jacobsen

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Jenny and the Soldier (1947) — Director
2. Letter from the Dead (1946) — Director
3. A Stranger Knocks (1959) — Director
4. Den store gav-tyv (1956) — Director
5. Tobiasnætter (1941) — Director
6. The Queen's Guardsman (1963) — Director
7. Under byens tage (1938) — Director
8. Mens sagføreren sover (1945) — Director
9. The Blinded (1955) — Director
10. 3 years after (1948) — Director
11. The Invisible Army (1945) — Director
12. Eight Chords (1944) — Director
13. Baby paa eventyr (1942) — Director
14. De tre skolekammerater (1944) — Director
15. En lille Tilfældighed (1939) — Director
16. As You Want Me (1943) — Director
17. My Dear Wives (1943) — Director
18. Naalen (1951) — Director
19. Ballade i Nyhavn (1942) — Director
20. Far betaler (1946) — Director
21. Min kone er uskyldig (1950) — Director
22. Tag det som en mand (1941) — Director
23. Søskende (1966) — Director
24. Vi som går stjernevejen (1956) — Director
25. I de gode gamle Dage (1940) — Director
26. Næste Gang er det dig (1948) — Director
27. Som sendt fra himlen (1951) — Director
28. Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953) — Director
29. Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949) — Director
30. Da freden kom til Danmark (1945) — Director
31. All this - and Iceland too (1951) — Director
32. Norden i flammer (1965) — Director
33. Splintret emaille — Director
34. En dag i radioen (1950) — Director
35. Fremrykket møde (1964) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Jenny and the Soldier (1947) — man at the taxi exchange
2. With Full Music (1933) — Gæst fra musikforlag
3. Lise kommer til byen (1947)
4. The Invisible Army (1945) — Stikker
5. Næste Gang er det dig (1948) — Speaker (voice)
6. Man burde ta' sig af det (1952) — Speaker
7. Fremrykket møde (1964) — Speaker (voice)