Andreas Johnsen (born 1974) is a Danish documentary director, producer, cinematographer. He is best known for the film ''
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case'' (2013), about the Chinese artist and activist's life and battle against charges placed against him by the Chinese government. Johnsen's films often look at social issues in many different parts of the world, including ' (2012), about the Danish rapper and YouTube star
Nicholas Westwood Kidd, and ''Man Ooman'' (2008), which looks at sex and gender relations in Jamaica through
dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ...
culture. In 2014, the
Danish Film Critics Association
Danish Film Critics Association ( da, Danske Filmkritikere, until 2013 ''Filmmedarbejderforeningen'') is a film critics association that annually since 1948 have handed out the Bodil Awards
The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given ...
granted him the
Bodil Award for Best Documentary.
Documentary
* ''Mr. Catra: The Faithful'' (2004)
* ''Inside Outside'' (2005)
* ''Curtain Raising: Musicians in East Africa'' (2006)
* ''Good Copy Bad Copy'' (2007)
* ''Natasja'' (2008)
* ''Man Ooman'' (2008)
* ''Mord'' – as Andreas Rosforth Johnsen (2009)
* ''A Kind of Paradise'' (2011)
* ''Kidd Life'' (2012)
* ''
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case'' (2013)
* ''Bugs'' (2016)
Awards
*
2014, Bodil Award for Best Documentary
References
External links
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1974 births
Danish film directors
Living people
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