Anders Thomas Jensen
Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film Election Night won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Anders Thomas Jensen

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- Born
- 6 April 1972
- Birthplace
- Frederiksværk, Denmark
- Spouse
- Line Kruse
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Education
- Frederiksværk Gymnasium
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film · Allen Award · European Film Award for Best Comedy · Bodil Honorary Award · Nordisk Film Prisen
- Languages
- Danish
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Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film Election Night won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
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• Born — 6 April 1972 • Birthplace — Frederiksværk, Denmark • Spouse — Line Kruse • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter
Early life and education
Early life and education
Anders Thomas Jensen was born on 6 April 1972 was born in Frederiksværk, Denmark.
Career
Career
section • Illustration — Jensen in 2015 Jensen won the Oscar 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 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 he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including Mifune's Last Song (co-written with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), In China They Eat Dogs, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt, and Brothers. In 2000 Anders Thomas Jensen for the first time directed a feature film: the action-comedy Flickering Lights, and since then directed The Green Butchers, Adam's Apples, Men & Chicken, Riders of Justice, and The Last Viking. Jensen co-wrote the film The Dark Tower with Nikolaj Arcel, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner, based on the Stephen King series. It was Jensen's first work on an American screenplay.
Personal life
Personal life
Jensen married actress Line Kruse in 2008.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film • Director — Writer — Notes • 1996 — Restless Heart — Short film • 1996 — Ernst og lyset • 1996 — Davids bog • 1996 — Café Hector • 1996 — De nye lejere • 1996 — Ernst og lyset • 1997 — Wolfgang • 1997 — Royal Blues — Actor • 1998 — Election Night — Short film • 1998 — Nøglebørn • 1998 — On Our Own — Script consultant • 1998 — Babyboom • 1998 — Albert • 1999 — En sjælden fugl — Short film • 1999 — The Funeral • 1999 — Mifune • 1999 — In China They Eat Dogs • 2000 — Zacharias Carl Borg • 2000 — The King is Alive • 2000 — Beyond • 2000 — Flickering Lights • 2001 — Count Axel • 2001 — Shake It All About — Actor • 2001 — Chop Chop — Dialogue contributor • 2002 — Old Men in New Cars • 2002 — Open Hearts • 2002 — Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself • 2003 — The Green Butchers • 2003 — Skagerrak • 2003 — Stealing Rembrandt • 2004 — Brothers • 2005 — Dear Wendy — Script consultant • 2005 — The Sun King • 2005 — Adam's Apples • 2005 — Murk • 2006 — After the Wedding • 2006 — Red Road — Characters • 2006 — Clash of Egos • 2007 — With Your Permission • 2007 — White Night • 2008 — The Duchess • 2008 — Fear Me Not • 2009 — At World's End • 2009 — Antichrist — Story supervisor • 2010 — In a Better World • 2010 — Donkeys — Characters • 2012 — Love Is All You Need • 2013 — All for Two • 2014 — The Salvation • 2014 — A Second Chance • 2015 — Men & Chicken • 2015 — The Shamer's Daughter • 2015 — Mennesker bliver spist — Script consultant • 2015 — Land of Mine — Script consultant • 2017 — The Dark Tower • 2017 — Veni Vidi Vici — TV series, script consultant • 2019 — Daniel • 2020 — Abbi Fede • 2020 — Riders of Justice • 2023 — The Promised Land • 2025 — The Last Viking
Identity
Identity
Anders Thomas Jensen is recorded as having received Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Allen Award and European Film Award for Best Comedy. Recognition and collections. Jensen received Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Allen Award, European Film Award for Best Comedy, Bodil Honorary Award and Nordisk Film Prisen.

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Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Anders Thomas Jensen, actor and director, respectively, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Last Viking.
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1972
Anders Thomas Jensen born at Frederiksværk.
Recognition and awards
American film theorist and film historian David Bordwell wrote in a 2007 article: "we can now speak of the Jensen touch -- a twinge of pathos acknowledged quietly, relying on our sympathy for the characters' bizarre frailties". In 2024, Jensen was awarded the Ballings Særpris (Special Prize) at the Isbjørnen, by Nordisk Film Foundation. The prize commemorated the 100th birthday of Danish filmmaker Erik Balling.
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- 1.Anders Thomas Jensen. Danish Film Database.
- 2.David Bordwell: "Essay on Danish Cinema", in Film #55, 2007, page 18
- 3.This year's ISBJØRNEN awards have been announced!. Egmont. 7 November 2024.
- 4.Line Kruse. Danish Film Database.
- 5.Piil, Morten. Gyldendals danske filmguide. Gyldendal. 21. 2008. 978-87-02-06669-2.
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