Finn Nørgaard (27 May 1959 – 14 February 2015) was a

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filmmaker who was involved in several documentary and feature films.

Education

Nørgaard received a cand.phil. degree in Film and Communication from the

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in 1991.

Career

Nørgaard was a photographer for the 1983 Danish detective film ''

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'' and editor of the 1986 Danish documentary film '' Soul to soul''. He served as producer for '' Kun for forrykte'', a 1988 documentary film about Eik Skaløe and

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. He worked behind the camera as

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in Peter Eszterhás' 1989 film '' En afgrund af frihed''. From 1989 until 2001 Nørgaard worked at DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). In 2001 he became co-owner of '' Filmselskabet'' (Film Company). During this period he is also credited as assistant camera in the 1992 German film '' Die Terroristen!'' and made an appearance as a bodyguard in

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's 1998 film '' Skyggen (Webmaster)''. In 2004 he directed the documentary film ''Boomerang Drengen''(Boomerang Boy) and was responsible for production of documentary films about the Lê Lê restaurant chain: '' Lê Lê - De jyske vietnamesere'' from 2008. In 2009, for TV 2, Nørgaard directed and produced '' En anden vej: Historien om fire nydanskere og en koncernchef'', which followed former

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and four young immigrants to Denmark with a criminal background on a pilgrimage to El Camino. Nørgaard also directed and produced film for

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, SAS and

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, among others.

Death

Finn Nørgaard was killed on 14 February 2015 by a 22-year-old Danish-born Muslim of Palestinian descent during a discussion meeting titled "Art, Blasphemy, and Freedom of Expression" organized by the

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Committee and held at the ''

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'' culture center in

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. Finn Nørgaard was killed while trying to stop the perpetrator. The perpetrator shot him with an assault rifle from close range. In the same incident two

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bodyguards and a police officer were wounded.

References

External links

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