Finn Nørgaard (27 May 1959 – 14 February 2015) was a
Danish filmmaker who was involved in several documentary and feature films.
Education
Nørgaard received a
cand.phil. degree in Film and Communication from the
University of Copenhagen
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in 1991.
Career
Nørgaard was a photographer for the 1983 Danish detective film ''
Adam Hart i Sahara'' 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
Steppeulvene.
He worked behind the camera as
clapper loader
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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
Thomas Borch Nielsen
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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
Tryg
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History
The current co ...
-CEO
Stine Bosse and four young immigrants to Denmark with a criminal background on a pilgrimage to
El Camino.
Nørgaard also directed and produced film for
Mærsk,
SAS and
Microsoft
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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 ''
Krudttønden'' culture center in
Østerbro
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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
PET
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bodyguards and a police officer were wounded.
References
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* http://filmselskabet.com/
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1959 births
2015 deaths
Danish documentary filmmakers
Danish documentary film directors
Danish film producers
University of Copenhagen alumni
Deaths by firearm in Denmark
Danish photographers
People murdered in Denmark
Danish murder victims