Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...
.
Life and career
Jensen was born in
Frederiksværk
Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,718 (1 January 2022) in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark.
History
A French cannon founder, Peyrembert, received permission to build a cannon factory here. Having g ...
. He won the
Oscar
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People
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for Best Short Subject for his 1998 film '' Election Night''. He received Oscar nominations in the live-action short category for his films ''Ernst & Lyset'' (1996) and ''Wolfgang'' (1997). He also wrote the script for '' After the Wedding'' which was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign film in 2007, '' The New Tenants'', which won the 2009 Oscar for Best Live Action Short and ''
In a Better World
''In a Better World'' ( da, Hævnen, "The Revenge") is a 2010 Danish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes ...
'' which won the Oscar for Best Foreign film in 2011 and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign film.
From the end of the 1990s and into the new
millennium
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he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including ''
Mifune's Last Song
''Mifune'' ( da, Mifunes sidste sang, "Mifune's Last Song") is a 1999 romantic comedy film, it is the third film to be made according to the Dogme 95 group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The film was a great success in Denmark a ...
'' (co-written with
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.
...
), ''
In China They Eat Dogs
''In China They Eat Dogs'' ( da, I Kina spiser de hunde) is a 1999 Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen, and starring Kim Bodnia, and Dejan Čukić.
Plot
Arvid ( Dejan Čukić), a bank teller, is dumped by his girlfriend for b ...
'', ''
Open Hearts
Open or OPEN may refer to:
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* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
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'', ''
Stealing Rembrandt
''Stealing Rembrandt'' (original title ''Rembrandt'') is a 2003 Danish-language film. An action-comedy, the film concerns a father and son who accidentally steal a painting by Rembrandt. A Danish/UK co-production, the film was directed by Jannik ...
'', and ''
Brothers
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''.
In 2000 Anders Thomas Jensen for the first time directed a
feature film
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: the action-comedy ''
Flickering Lights
''Flickering Lights'' (Danish: ''Blinkende Lygter'') is a 2000 Danish black comedy crime film directed and written by Anders Thomas Jensen, and starring Søren Pilmark, Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Iben Hjejle, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
Plot
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'', and since then directed ''
The Green Butchers
''The Green Butchers'' (Danish: ''De grønne slagtere'') is a 2003 Danish black comedy film starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Line Kruse, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend ...
,'' ''
Adam's Apples
''Adam's Apples'' ( da, Adams Æbler) is a 2005 Danish black comedy-drama film directed and written by Anders Thomas Jensen. The film revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen and Mads Mikkelsen ...
Nikolaj Arcel
Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film '' A Royal Affair'' which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film a ...
,
Akiva Goldsman
Akiva J. Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making motion pictures and adaptations of popular novels.
Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes '' The Client''; '' Batman Forever'' and its sequel '' ...
, and
Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner (born November 16, 1964) is an American television and movie writer and producer.
Life and career
Born to a Jewish family,Stephen King series. It was Jensen's first work on an American screenplay.