Director. Born 26/9 1973. Graduated as documentary director from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997.
Grønkjær had her breakthrough with 'The Monastery' (2006), her first long documentary. The film, wich took eight years to make, won the Joris Ivens top award at the IDFA Film Festival plus additional awards at festivals such as Cinema Eye Honors, Full Frame, Chicago Film Festival and Moscow Film Festival.
Since then she has directed documentaries such as 'Love Addict – Stories of Dreams, Obsession and Longing' (2011), 'Genetic Me' (2014), which was selected for CPH:DOX, 'The Other Side' (2017) about Danish comedian Anders Matthesen and 'Hunting for Hedonia' (2019), which premiered at CPH:DOX.
In 2007 Grønkjær co-founded the Danish production company Danish Documentaries with fellow filmmakers Eva Mulvad and Phie Ambo. Shortly after director Mikala Krogh and producer Sigrid Dyekjær came on board as co-owners.
Grønkjær had her breakthrough with 'The Monastery' (2006), her first long documentary. The film, wich took eight years to make, won the Joris Ivens top award at the IDFA Film Festival plus additional awards at festivals such as Cinema Eye Honors, Full Frame, Chicago Film Festival and Moscow Film Festival.
Since then she has directed documentaries such as 'Love Addict – Stories of Dreams, Obsession and Longing' (2011), 'Genetic Me' (2014), which was selected for CPH:DOX, 'The Other Side' (2017) about Danish comedian Anders Matthesen and 'Hunting for Hedonia' (2019), which premiered at CPH:DOX.
In 2007 Grønkjær co-founded the Danish production company Danish Documentaries with fellow filmmakers Eva Mulvad and Phie Ambo. Shortly after director Mikala Krogh and producer Sigrid Dyekjær came on board as co-owners.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 2022 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Cash | 2022 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Cash | 2022 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Cash | 2022 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Cash | 2022 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Apolonia, Apolonia | 2022 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Innocence | 2022 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Solutions | 2021 | Direction, Writer, Producer, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The cars we drove into capitalism | 2021 | Executive producer | Documentary |
| Scandinavian Star (overview) | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Scandinavian Star 2:6 - The Disaster | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Scandinavian Star 1:6 | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| I Walk | 2020 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Hunting for Hedonia | 2019 | Direction, Screenplay, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Love Child | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The Cave | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Cherry Tale | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| School of Seduction | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Aquarela | 2018 | Production | DK/Documentary |
| Den anden side | 2017 | Direction, Cinematographer, Still photographer, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| A Year of Hope | 2017 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Genetic Me | 2014 | Direction, Visual concept, Cinematographer | DK/Documentary |
| The Newsroom - Off the Record | 2014 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Slottet | 2014 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Good Things Await | 2014 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Ai Weiwei The Fake Case | 2013 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Love addict - historier om drømme, besættelse og længsel | 2011 | Direction, Cinematography, Stills, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The house inside her | 2011 | Direction | DK/Short fiction |
| Ballroom Dancer | 2011 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The monastery | 2006 | Direction, Cinematography, Screenplay | DK/Documentary |
| Min morfar forfra | 2002 | Direction, Script, Cinematography, Stills | DK/Documentary |
| Min... | 2002 | Direction | Anthology |
| Der var så mange glæder | 1999 | Direction, Cinematographer | DK/Documentary |
| Den usynlige stemme | 1997 | Direction | DK/Short fiction |
| Togkupe | 1994 | Stage manager | DK/Documentary |
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