Jørgen Roos

Biography

Jørgen Roos was a Danish documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, celebrated for his extensive work in documenting Greenlandic culture and the Arctic environment. He began his career in the 1940s and directed numerous documentaries that brought attention to the lives and traditions of Greenland's indigenous people. Roos's notable works include Nordatlantens folk (1956) and Angotee (1953), the latter winning the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His dedication to ethnographic filmmaking has been instrumental in preserving and showcasing Arctic cultures to a broader audience.

Directed

1. Eaten Horizons (1950) — Director
2. A Castle Within a Castle (1954) — Director
3. Carl Th. Dreyer (1966) — Director
4. A City Called Copenhagen (1960) — Director
5. Escape (1942) — Director
6. Knud (1965) — Director
7. Richard Mortensen's Motion Picture (1944) — Director
8. The Final Rejection of the Request for a Kiss (1949) — Director
9. 6-Day Race (1958) — Director
10. Opus I (1949) — Director
11. The Streamlined Pig (1951) — Director
12. På besøg hos Kong Tingeling (1947) — Director
13. Andersen hos fotografen (1975) — Director
14. J.F. Willumsen (1951) — Director
15. Shakespeare og Kronborg (1950) — Director
16. The Flying Dane (1957) — Director
17. Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen (1995) — Director
18. Føroyar (The Faroe Islands) — Director
19. Oslo (1963) — Director
20. And Who but I Should Be (1970) — Director
21. Are you Greenlandic? (1970) — Director
22. The Heart Thief (1943) — Director
23. Danish Design (1961) — Director
24. 17 minutes Greenland (1967) — Director
25. Mikkel — Director
26. Oslofilm: Oslo (1964) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Eaten Horizons (1950) — Man Drinking (uncredited)
2. Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995) — Interview Subject
3. Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
4. Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer (1965) — Self