Peter Aalbæk Jensen
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Peter Aalbæk Jensen is a Danish
film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier
founded the Danish film company Zentropa
and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen
.
Zentropa is known for the Dogme95-manifesto and such projects as Dogville
(2003) starring Nicole Kidman
, Dancer in the Dark
(2000) starring Björk
and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding
(2006).
Peter Aalbæk Jensen has executive produced over 70 theatrical feature films and many television productions, has founded a long list of subsidiary companies and is widely regarded as the most important Danish film producer since the 1990s.http://www.dfi.dk/tidsskriftetfilm/55/filmproduktion.htm
In the fall of 2008, Peter Aalbæk Jensen was a judge on the Danish version of Got Talent.
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...
film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
founded the Danish film company Zentropa
Zentropa
Europa is a film directed by Lars von Trier. Released in 1991, it is von Trier's third theatrical feature film and is the final film in the Europa trilogy....
and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen
Filmbyen
Filmbyen is a film studio complex located in Hvidovre just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.Filmbyen is a former military base. It houses many film-related companies...
.
Zentropa is known for the Dogme95-manifesto and such projects as Dogville
Dogville
Dogville is a 2003 drama written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Chloë Sevigny, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, and James Caan...
(2003) starring Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
, Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical drama film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Joel Grey...
(2000) starring Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding
After the Wedding
After the Wedding is a 2006 Danish drama directed by Susanne Bier, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film was a critical and popular success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost out to The Lives of Others.In 2009 it was announced that...
(2006).
Peter Aalbæk Jensen has executive produced over 70 theatrical feature films and many television productions, has founded a long list of subsidiary companies and is widely regarded as the most important Danish film producer since the 1990s.http://www.dfi.dk/tidsskriftetfilm/55/filmproduktion.htm
In the fall of 2008, Peter Aalbæk Jensen was a judge on the Danish version of Got Talent.