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Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Director · Born 1947-03-02 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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Biography

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 i…

Directed

  1. Borgen (2010) — Director
  2. The Island on Bird Street (1997) — Director
  3. Mifune (1999) — Director
  4. Follow the Money (2016) — Director
  5. Rubber Tarzan (1981) — Director
  6. D-Day (2000) — Director
  7. The Hour of the Lynx (2013) — Director
  8. What No One Knows (2008) — Director
  9. The Boys from St. Petri (1991) — Director
  10. Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (1978) — Director
  11. The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (2004) — Director
  12. Emma's Shadow (1988) — Director
  13. Sweet Dreams (2003) — Director
  14. The Butterfly Swing (2020) — Director
  15. The Protectors (2009) — Director
  16. Shower of Gold (1988) — Director
  17. Life Is a Good Reason (1985) — Director
  18. Thunderbirds (1983) — Director
  19. Den korsikanske biskopen (1993) — Director
  20. Tænkepauser (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Purified (2003) — Himself
  2. The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 (2000) — Self
  3. The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020) — Sig selv
  4. Dansk films bedste (2022) — Sig selv
  5. Dogma 95, a Serious Game? (1999) — Self
  6. Guldregn (2001) — Fortæller