Benni Korzen (born April 1, 1938) is an

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-winning Danish producer, best known for producing ''

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'' (1987). Born in

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, Korzen won the Best Foreign Film

for ''

'' in 1988. The producer also won the BAFTA Best Foreign Film award for ''

'', the same year. Since moving to The

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from his native

, Benni has produced, line-produced or executive produced over 20 feature films on budgets ranging from under $1 million to over $15 million solely or in partnership with

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producers Rankin and Bass. In addition, Benni is the co-owner of Panorama Film International,

and has served as the General Partner in two limited partnerships that produced 6 feature films distributed by

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. Currently, Benni is developing two

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hits into films, ''Forever Plaid'', the musical written by Stuart Ross, and ''Beau Jest'', the stage play written by James A. Sherman. He is married to actress Annie Korzen and has one child, Jonathan, who is a graduate of

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, and is currently working in Internet publishing.

Filmography

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(1981)

References

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