Born 1941, Denmark. Graduated in direction from the National Film School of Denmark, 1969. Debuted as a writer-director in the mid-1970s. Filmography includes feature films, TV drama and shorts.
Was noticed early on for his gangster and action trilogy "Flugten"/"The Escape" (1972), "Per" (1975) and "Blind makker"/"Dummy Partner" (1976). Scored a major boxoffice hit with "Klinkevals"/"The Twopenny Dance" (1999), based on a bestselling novel. Was also behind the sequel "Juliane" (2000). His family comedy "Bertram & Co2 (2002) is based on a novel by popular children's writer Bjarne Reuter.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Funny Man | 2011 | Behind the scenes shooting | DK/Feature |
| Bertram & co | 2002 | Direction | DK/Feature |
| Jul på Kronborg - del 1 | 2000 | Direction | |
| Juliane | 2000 | Direction | DK/Feature |
| Jul på Kronborg | 2000 | Direction | TV series |
| Klinkevals - Juliane | 1999 | Direction | TV series |
| Two penny dance | 1999 | Direction | DK/Feature |
| Brødrene Mortensens jul | 1998 | Direction | TV series |
| Sunes familie | 1997 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Krummernes jul | 1996 | Direction | TV series |
| Mors dag | 1996 | Taxachauffør | TV film |
| Final Hour | 1995 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Just a Girl | 1995 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| The village | 1991 | Direction | TV series |
| Love on the rails | 1989 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Kurt and Valde | 1983 | Direction | DK/Feature |
| Pony in a Trunk | 1983 | Assistant director | Feature |
| Børn | 1982 | Direction | TV series |
| Ta' feen i den anden hånd | 1981 | Direction | DK/Short fiction |
| Afslutningen | 1981 | Direction | TV film |
| Det hemmelige Danmark | 1981 | Direction | TV film |
| Pardon us for living | 1980 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Soldat i en PMV | 1979 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Opgang | 1979 | Direction, Script | TV series |
| Dummy partner | 1976 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| John, Alice, Peter, Susanne og lille Verner | 1976 | Direction, Script | TV series |
| Per | 1975 | Direction, Script, Bilist | DK/Feature |
| The escape | 1973 | Direction, Script, Production | DK/Feature |
| Kort fra Danmark | 1973 | Production, Assistant director | DK/Documentary |
| Me and the mafia | 1973 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| På'en igen Amalie | 1973 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Danske lystbilleder | 1973 | Assistant director | DK/Documentary |
| Water rescue | 1972 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Up and coming | 1972 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Our Home is Our Castle | 1971 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| The Olsen gang plays for high stakes | 1971 | Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Hændeligt uheld | 1971 | Production assistant | DK/Feature |
| Viva the revolution! | 1970 | Mand, der får sin folkevogn ødelagt, Assistant director | DK/Feature |
| Løgneren | 1970 | Assistant | DK/Feature |
| Gitte i april | 1969 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Diary of a teenager | 1969 | Assistant | DK/Feature |