Henning Bahs (12 March 1928 – 29 March 2002) was a Danish

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

special effects Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wor ...

designer. He wrote for more than 40 films between 1960 and 2002. He is best known as the co-author (with

Erik Balling Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, ''Matador'' and '' Huset på Christianshavn''. His feature film '' Qivitoq'' (1956) was nominated f ...

) of the ''

Olsen-banden The ''Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-banden, no, Olsenbanden, german: Die Olsenbande) is a Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's ...

'' series of films. The

Henning Bahs Award The Henning Bahs Award ( da, Henning Bahs-prisen) is a film award established in 2012 by the Danish Film Critics Association in collaboration with the Association of Danish Scenographers (Danish: ''Sammenslutningen af Danske Scenografer'') in hono ...

was established in 2012 by 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 ...

in commemoration of Bahs' death ten years earlier.

Selected filmography

* ''

Forelsket i København ''Forelsket i København'' is a 1960 Danish romance film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring Siw Malmkvist. Cast *Siw Malmkvist as Maj Lindquist *Henning Moritzen as Jan Scharf *Ove Sprogøe as Carni * Jørgen Ryg as Dingo * Perry Knudsen ...

'' (1960) * '' A Farmer's Life'' (1965) * ''

Relax Freddie ''Relax Freddie'' ( da, Slap af, Frede!) is a 1966 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Morten Grunwald. It is a sequel to '' Strike first Freddy''. Cast * Morten Grunwald as Frede Hansen * Ove Sprogøe as Agent Smith * Eri ...

'' (1966) * '' The Olsen Gang'' (1968) * ''

The Olsen Gang Sees Red ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red'' ( da, Olsen-banden ser rødt) is a 1976 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard. The film was the eighth in the Olsen Gang-series, and was selected as ...

'' (1976) * ''

Jeppe på bjerget ''Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant'' ( da, Jeppe på bjerget) is a Danish comedy by the Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg, written during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. The play premiered at the Lille Grønnegade T ...

'' (1981) * ''

Varning för Jönssonligan ''Varning för Jönssonligan'' ( en, Beware of the Johnson Gang) is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan made in 1981. It was the first Swedish adaptation of one of the original Danish ''Olsen-banden'' movies. Somewhat ironically, it was b ...

'' (1981) * '' Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry'' (1982) * ''

Jönssonligan får guldfeber ''Jönssonligan får guldfeber'' (''The Johnsson Gang gets Gold Fever'' - International: English title ) is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan made in 1984. The film includes a famous scene, where Jönssonligan's leader, Sickan Jönsson, ...

'' (1984)

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* * 1928 births 2002 deaths Danish male screenwriters Special effects people 20th-century screenwriters Bodil Honorary Award recipients {{Screen-writer-stub