Director and producer. Graduated from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 1993.
He has produced several awardwinning documentaries, among others '69' (2006), winner of awards at Nordisk Panorama and CPH:DOX, and 'Last Men in Aleppo' (2017), winner of the international documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival and the main prize at CPH:DOX. The latter was subsequently nominated for an Oscar.
'Warriors from the North' (2014), co-directed with Nasib Farah, is Jespersen's debut as a documentary film director. His second feature documentary 'Lost Warrior', also co-directed with Nasib Farah, premiered in competition at CPH:DOX.
Jespersen was nominated twice for The Cavling Award. In 2019 he served as a jury member at CPH:DOX.
Founded production company Bastard Film in 2000, where he worked as producer and CEO until 2009. In 2010 he founded production company Larm Film that produces documentaries, TV and radio.
He has produced several awardwinning documentaries, among others '69' (2006), winner of awards at Nordisk Panorama and CPH:DOX, and 'Last Men in Aleppo' (2017), winner of the international documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival and the main prize at CPH:DOX. The latter was subsequently nominated for an Oscar.
'Warriors from the North' (2014), co-directed with Nasib Farah, is Jespersen's debut as a documentary film director. His second feature documentary 'Lost Warrior', also co-directed with Nasib Farah, premiered in competition at CPH:DOX.
Jespersen was nominated twice for The Cavling Award. In 2019 he served as a jury member at CPH:DOX.
Founded production company Bastard Film in 2000, where he worked as producer and CEO until 2009. In 2010 he founded production company Larm Film that produces documentaries, TV and radio.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Dangerous Boy | 2024 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Moosa Lane | 2022 | Producer: development | DK/Documentary |
| Being Eriko | 2020 | Producer: development | DK/Documentary |
| Dreams from The Outback | 2019 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| A New Beginning | 2019 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Lost Warrior | 2018 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Last Men in Aleppo | 2017 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| On the Edge of Freedom | 2017 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Warriors from the North | 2014 | Direction, Story | DK/Documentary |
| The Carbon Crooks | 2013 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| The power of words | 2012 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Blekingegadebanden | 2009 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Mirror | 2009 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| 69 | 2008 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Muhammedkrisen under huden | 2007 | Cinematography | DK/Documentary |
| Verden i Danmark | 2007 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| BZ | 2006 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Hamsun - hero and traitor | 1996 | Production | DK/Documentary |
| Hamlet har da blå øjne | 1990 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Emil | 1988 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
Søren Steen Jespersen in trade directory
