Kim Sønderholm
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Kim Sønderholm is a Danish
actor, film producer and radio personality.
By the age of 12, Kim was familiar with the media business. He was started as a weekly co-host at a local radio station in his hometown, Aarhus
in Denmark. Already after a few shows he was given his own DJ program each week. At a few occasions Kim also went on-air on the National Danish Radio. During this time, he also starred in several commercials on both radio and television. As the local radio station
had to close, he went on to writing for a couple of magazines, both paper and internet based, in most cases film-related. Since then starring in quite a few underground short films before finally being accepted to theaterschool in 1998, where, during his stay, he and a fellow student wrote manuscripts for no less than three feature films.
After graduation in 2001 he moved to Copenhagen
, where he was soon offered a minor role in the blockbuster, Klatretøsen (2002) ("Catch That Girl"), and since then things have quickly taken off.
In 2004 he produced and starred in the feature film Brutal Incasso (2005) that we wrote back in theatre school. The film has later won the Audience Award for Best Film at The Weekend Of Fear Film Festival in 2006 and nomiated for Best Foreign Film at a couple of other film festivals.
In 2006 he directed his first short film Mental Distortion (which was released as part of The Horror Vault (2008)) alongside doing his first feature film as a director Craig (2008). Besides directing both films, he also played the lead character and both films were finished in late 2007.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
actor, film producer and radio personality.
By the age of 12, Kim was familiar with the media business. He was started as a weekly co-host at a local radio station in his hometown, Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
in Denmark. Already after a few shows he was given his own DJ program each week. At a few occasions Kim also went on-air on the National Danish Radio. During this time, he also starred in several commercials on both radio and television. As the local radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
had to close, he went on to writing for a couple of magazines, both paper and internet based, in most cases film-related. Since then starring in quite a few underground short films before finally being accepted to theaterschool in 1998, where, during his stay, he and a fellow student wrote manuscripts for no less than three feature films.
After graduation in 2001 he moved to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, where he was soon offered a minor role in the blockbuster, Klatretøsen (2002) ("Catch That Girl"), and since then things have quickly taken off.
In 2004 he produced and starred in the feature film Brutal Incasso (2005) that we wrote back in theatre school. The film has later won the Audience Award for Best Film at The Weekend Of Fear Film Festival in 2006 and nomiated for Best Foreign Film at a couple of other film festivals.
In 2006 he directed his first short film Mental Distortion (which was released as part of The Horror Vault (2008)) alongside doing his first feature film as a director Craig (2008). Besides directing both films, he also played the lead character and both films were finished in late 2007.
External links
- Official Website
- Interview with Kim Sønderholm on (re)Search my Trash