Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
- Born April 6, 1972 in Frederiksværk, Danmark
Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972 in Frederiksværk) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night. He also received Oscar nominations in the live-action short category for his films Ernst & The Light (1996) and Wolfgang (1997). From the end of the 1990s and into the new millennium he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including Mifune's Last Song (co-written with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), In China They Eat Dogs, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt, and Brothers.
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In 2000 Anders Thomas Jensen for the first time directed a feature film: the action-comedy Flickering Lights, and since then directed The Green Butchers and Adam's Apples. In 2005 he received the Nordisk Film Award (1000 Danish kroner times the age of Nordisk Film).
Known for
The Dark Tower2017
Brothers2009
Antichrist2009
The Duchess2008
Riders of Justice2020
The Salvation2014
Adam's Apples2005
The Promised Land2023
Filmography
- TBAUpcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'FilmOriginal Film Writer
- TBAThe Monster of FlorenceFilmDirector
- TBAWinter WarriorsFilmCo-Writer
- TBAMy Fairytale LifeFilmWriter
- 2026HarvestSeriesScript Consultant
- 2026Sonny MangoFilmÆrkeenglen Anders
- 2025The Last VikingFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2023The Promised LandFilmWriter
- 2023AgentSeriesRobert gæst
- 2022Dansk films bedsteSeriesSig selv
- 2021The Marco EffectFilmScript Consultant
- 2020Riders of JusticeFilmDirector, Screenplay, Idea
- 2020Abbi fedeFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2020The Idiots Who Started The PartyFilmSig selv
- 2020When Danish Film Crosses the LineFilmSig selv
- 2019After the WeddingFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2019Held for RansomFilmWriter
- 2019MinkavlerneSeriesScript Consultant
- 2019Between UsSeriesScript Consultant
- 2017The Dark TowerFilmScreenplay
- 2015Men & ChickenFilmWriter, Director
- 2015The Shamer's DaughterFilmWriter
- 2015A Second ChanceFilmWriter, Story
- 2015People Get EatenFilmScript Consultant
- 2014The SalvationFilmWriter
- 2013All for TwoFilmWriter
- 2013TomgangSeriesWriter, Script Consultant
- 2012Love Is All You NeedFilmScreenplay, Story
- 2012Those Who Kill - Shadow of the PastFilmProduction Manager
- 2011Boys On Film: Bad RomanceFilmWriter
- 2010In a Better WorldFilmScreenplay, Story
- 2009BrothersFilmWriter
- 2009AntichristFilmStory Supervisor
- 2009The New TenantsFilmWriter
- 2009At World's EndFilmWriter
- 2008The DuchessFilmScreenplay
- 2008Fear Me NotFilmWriter
- 2007White NightFilmWriter
- 2007With Your PermissionFilmScreenplay
- 2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)FilmDirector
- 2006After the WeddingFilmScreenplay, Story
- 2006Red RoadFilmWriter
- 2006Clash of EgosFilmScreenplay
- 2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)FilmDirector
- 2005Adam's ApplesFilmDirector, Writer
- 2005MurkFilmWriter
- 2005Too Fat Too FuriousFilmScreenplay
- 2005The Sun KingFilmWriter
- 2004BrothersFilmWriter
- 2003The Green ButchersFilmScreenplay, Director
- 2003Stealing RembrandtFilmScreenplay
- 2003Sweet DreamsFilmScreenplay
- 2002Open HeartsFilmScreenplay
- 2002Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs IIFilmScreenplay, Idea
- 2002Wilbur Wants to Kill HimselfFilmScreenplay
- 2001Count AxelFilmScreenplay
- 2000Flickering LightsFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2000The King Is AliveFilmWriter
- 2000BeyondFilmWriter
- 1999In China They Eat DogsFilmWriter
- 1999MifuneFilmWriter
- 1998Election NightFilmDirector, Writer
- 1998Baby DoomFilmWriter
- 1998AlbertFilmScreenplay
- 1998Restless HeartFilmWriter
- 1997WolfgangFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1996Ernst & the LightFilmDirector, Writer
- 1996Café HectorFilmScreenplay
- 1996Davids bogFilmWriter