Henrik Ruben Genz (born 7 November 1959 in

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) is a Danish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Before becoming involved with film, Genz attended Designskolen Kolding, where he studied

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,Hjort, Mette, Eva Jorholt, and Eva Novrup Redvall. ''The Danish Directors 2: Dialogues on the New Danish Fiction Cinema'', Intellect Books, 2010, p. 111. after giving up on an earlier dream of being a painter. While there, he did some work with video, and a chance meeting with director Arne Bro encouraged him to pursue film as a career.Hjort, Jorholt, and Redvall, p. 113 Genz was then accepted into the

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at the age of 31, graduating after completing the well-regarded short film '' Cross Roads'' (

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title: Omveje, ''Detours'') in 1995. Genz's next work, the short film '' Theis and Nico'' (

title: Bror, min bror, ''Brother, my brother''), released in 1999, was nominated for an

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. He then became involved with the

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movement, but was unable to produce any quality work after six months of effort.Zwol, Coen.
Director Henrik Ruben Genz on 'Terribly Happy'
", NRC Handelsblad, November 4, 2009. Speaking later about his difficulty in trying to work under the Dogme restrictions, he described himself as a "visual director" and Dogme as a movement where "the camera follows the ctorsand choice means nothing". In 2003, Genz released his first feature film, an adaptation of the children's book ''

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'' (

title: ''En som Hodder'') by popular writer

Bjarne Reuter Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter best known for children's and young adult fiction.Chinaman'' (

title: ''Kinamand''), a romantic comedy about a man who takes a foreign wife in an arranged marriage so that she can obtain permission for residency, and then falls in love with her. Genz returned to his roots in 2008, adapting (with

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) a novel by fellow Gram native Erling Jepsen into the film '' Terribly Happy''. In their youths, Genz and Jepsen had been childhood acquaintances who lived across the street from one another.Olsen, Mark.
Danish 'Terribly Happy' full of odd happenings
, The Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2010. It won numerous awards, including the Crystal Globe at the

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Filmography

* ''

'' (2003) * '' Chinaman'' (2005) * '' Terribly Happy'' (2008) * '' Excuse Me'' (2012) * '' Good People'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' Word of God'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2020)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Genz, Henrik Ruben 1959 births Danish film directors Living people People from Haderslev Municipality