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Johan Jacobsen (1912-1972)

Alias:
Йохан Якобсен
Юхан Якобсен

Birthplace:
Aarhus, Denmark

Born:
March 14, 1912

Died:
July 7, 1972

Biography from TheMovieDB

Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968).  In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium.  From 1947 on, he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016) at his own film studio, Flamingo.  In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.  His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965.  In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.

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Film Production

Director:
1938  Under byens tage
1939  En lille tilfældighed
1940  I de gode gamle dage
1941  Tag det som en mand
1941  Tobiasnætter
1942  Baby paa eventyr
1942  Ballade i Nyhavn
1943  As You Want Me
1943  My Dear Wives
1944  De tre skolekammerater
1944  Otte akkorder
1945  Da freden kom til Danmark
1945  Mens sagføreren sover
1945  The Invisible Army
1946  Far betaler
1946  Letter from the Dead
1947  Jenny and the Soldier
1948  3 years after
1948  Næste gang er det dig
1949  Kongefilmen Frederik IX
1950  Min kone er uskyldig
1951  All this - and Iceland too
1951  Naalen
1951  Som sendt fra himlen
1955  The Blinded
1956  Den store gav-tyv
1956  Vi som går stjernevejen
1959  A Stranger Knocks
1963  Dronningens vagtmester
1966  Søskende

Producer:
1938  Under byens tage
1939  En lille tilfældighed
1940  I de gode gamle dage
1941  Tag det som en mand
1941  Tobiasnætter
1942  Baby paa eventyr
1942  Ballade i Nyhavn
1943  As You Want Me
1943  My Dear Wives
1944  De tre skolekammerater
1944  Otte akkorder
1945  Da freden kom til Danmark
1945  Mens sagføreren sover
1945  The Invisible Army
1946  Far betaler
1946  Letter from the Dead
1947  Jenny and the Soldier
1948  3 years after
1948  Næste gang er det dig
1949  Kongefilmen Frederik IX
1950  Min kone er uskyldig
1951  All this - and Iceland too
1951  Naalen
1951  Som sendt fra himlen
1955  The Blinded
1956  Den store gav-tyv
1956  Vi som går stjernevejen
1957  Be Dear to Me
1958  Krudt og klunker
1959  A Stranger Knocks
1960  Frihedens pris
1963  Dronningens vagtmester
1963  Sextet
1966  Søskende

Production Design:
1938  Under byens tage
1939  En lille tilfældighed
1940  I de gode gamle dage
1941  Tag det som en mand
1941  Tobiasnætter
1942  Baby paa eventyr
1942  Ballade i Nyhavn
1943  As You Want Me
1943  My Dear Wives
1944  De tre skolekammerater
1944  Otte akkorder
1945  Da freden kom til Danmark
1945  Mens sagføreren sover
1945  The Invisible Army
1946  Far betaler
1946  Letter from the Dead
1947  Jenny and the Soldier
1948  3 years after
1948  Næste gang er det dig
1949  Kongefilmen Frederik IX
1950  Min kone er uskyldig
1951  All this - and Iceland too
1951  Naalen
1951  Som sendt fra himlen
1955  The Blinded
1956  Den store gav-tyv
1956  Vi som går stjernevejen
1957  Be Dear to Me
1958  Krudt og klunker
1959  A Stranger Knocks
1960  Frihedens pris
1963  Dronningens vagtmester
1963  Sextet
1966  Søskende

Writer:
1938  Under byens tage
1939  En lille tilfældighed
1940  I de gode gamle dage
1941  Tag det som en mand
1941  Tobiasnætter
1942  Baby paa eventyr
1942  Ballade i Nyhavn
1943  As You Want Me
1943  My Dear Wives
1944  De tre skolekammerater
1944  Otte akkorder
1945  Da freden kom til Danmark
1945  Mens sagføreren sover
1945  The Invisible Army
1946  Far betaler
1946  Letter from the Dead
1947  Jenny and the Soldier
1948  3 years after
1948  Næste gang er det dig
1949  Kongefilmen Frederik IX
1950  Min kone er uskyldig
1951  All this - and Iceland too
1951  Naalen
1951  Som sendt fra himlen
1955  The Blinded
1956  Den store gav-tyv
1956  Vi som går stjernevejen
1957  Be Dear to Me
1958  Krudt og klunker
1959  A Stranger Knocks
1960  Frihedens pris
1963  Dronningens vagtmester
1963  Sextet
1966  Søskende

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