Ole Olsen (filmmaker)
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Ole Olsen (5 May 1863 – 5 October 1943) was a
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film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
and the 1906 founder of
Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...
. Olsen was born in Starreklinte, Vallekilde Parish on the
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peninsula of northwestern
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; he died in
Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compri ...
, outside Copenhagen.


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* 1863 births 1943 deaths Danish film producers {{film-producer-stub