Biography

Peter Flinth was born on 7 November 1964 in 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...

, Denmark. He was admitted to the National Film School of Denmark

National Film School of Denmark

TheNational Film School of Denmark is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen in the harbour of Copenhagen.-History:...

 and in the same time worked as an assistant director

Assistant director

The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...

 on a number of Danish feature films, including most notably Academy Award-nominated Dance of the Polar Bears and Ole Bornedal

Ole Bornedal

Ole Bornedal is a Danish film director, actor and producer.He wrote and directed Nattevagten , a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes...

's Nightwatch, before graduating in 1993 with the short film Den Sidste Færge. He had his debut as a feature film director in 1997 with Eye of the Eagle

Eye of the Eagle

The Eye Of The Eagle is an album by Dave Bainbridge and Dave Fitzgerald. Released in 1998.Renowned flute and saxophone player Dave Fitzgerald was a founding member of Iona, but left to pursue classical music studies. After completing his master's degree in music he began recording collaborative...

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Feature films

• Eye of the Eagle
  Eye of the Eagle (film)
  Eye of the Eagle is a Danish medieval adventure film directed by Peter Flinth and released in 1997. Based on a story by Bjarne O. Henriksen, it takes place in Denmark during 1218. Filming primarily took place at the Asserbo Castle ruins in Denmark, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, and Tisvilde...
  
  (1997)
• The Other Side (1999)
• Olsen Banden Junior (2001)
• The Fakir (2004)
• Wallander – Mastermind
  Wallander – Mastermind
  Wallander - Mastermind is a 2005 film about the Swedish police detective Kurt Wallander directed by Peter Flinth.- Cast :*Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander*Johanna Sällström as Linda Wallander*Ola Rapace as Stefan Lindman*Angela Kovacs as Ann-Britt...
  
  (2005)
• Arn – The Knight Templar
  Arn – The Knight Templar
  Arn – The Knight Templar is a 2007 epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The film was released in December 2007 and the sequel, Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End , was released August 22, 2008...
  
  (2007)
• Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End
  Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End
  Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End is a 2008 epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knights Templar Arn Magnusson...
  
  (2008)
• The Wild Swans (2009)