Katia Forbert Petersen

• Name — Katia Forbert Petersen • Born — 6 February 1949 • Other Names — Katia Forbert • Occupation — Cinematographer, film director, producer, writer • Parents — Wladyslaw Forbert (father) • Years Active — 1973 – Present

The daughter of Polish engineer and cinematographer Wladyslaw Forbert, Petersen spent her early career studying cinematography at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. In response to the mounting anti-Semitic political crisis in Poland, Petersen emigrated to Denmark, where she held dual citizenship, after receiving her degree in 1969. Petersen joined the Danish Film Institute in 1973. Soon after, she managed cinematography for three feminist feature films: the Danish film Take It Like a Man, Madam (1975), and two German films: The Power of Men is the Patience of Women (1978) and The All-Around Reduced Personality – Outtakes (1978). Since then, she has filmed and directed numerous feature and documentary productions in Denmark and abroad. Petersen is a frequent collaborator of fellow Danish women directors Annette Mari Olsen and Mette Knudsen. In 1988, Petersen and Olsen founded the production company Sfinx Film/TV, through which the duo continues to produce films together.

• Year — Film • Director — Cinematographer — Writer • 1971 — En husmor • 1973 — Polske piger • 1975 — Take It Like a Man, Madam • 1976 — Frihed er ikke noget man får, det er noget man tager • 1976 — Havets lavvandsfauna • 1977 — Christiania • 1977 — Kvinde og job • 1978 — The Power of Men is the Patience of Women • 1978 — The All-Around Reduced Personality – Outtakes • 1979 — Anarchiets land • 1979 — Sammen med Lena • 1979 — Plantagens lange skygger - En film om Sylvia Woods • 1979 — Do We Start Off with a Dance? • 1980 — En uge uden smil • 1980 — Træerne og skovens folk • 1981 — Jeg blir' så bange • 1981 — En fugl under mit hjerte • 1982 — Teknik for dig og mig • 1982 — Bjerg Eivind og hans hustru • 1983 — Hærvejen • 1983 — Syv billeder fra Hærvejen • 1983 — Veras historie - en film om modstandskamp • 1984 — Jeg vil ha' dig tilbage • 1984 — Midvinter, Masketid • 1984 — Betagelse Q-Q • 1985 — Johanne fra Daugbjerg • 1985 — Højt på en gren • 1985 — Rødstrømper - en kavalkade af kvindefilm • 1986 — Din daglige dosis • 1986 — Jobtilbud i nazismens Tyskland • 1987 — Mit søde barn • 1987 — Holografi • 1987 — En hård dags nat • 1988 — Indvandrerkvinder 3 - Kvinde i eksil • 1988 — Jako • 1988 — Musen og dansepigen • 1989 — En fremmed piges dagbog • 1989 — The Old Folk's Dance • 1990 — A Wanted Child • 1990 — A Pig after My Own Heart • 1990 — Stemmeret, Liberty, Equality and the Right to Vote • 1991 — Klar besked - en film om prævention • 1991 — Gud ånder på øjet, når det græder • 1991 — Madsen's Hotel • 1992 — Gud gav hende en Mercedes-Benz • 1992 — You Have to be Round to Live in a Globe • 1993 — Dreams & Dreams • 1993 — Lasse Lasse lille • 1994 — Like Birds in a Cage • 1995 — Man with Camera • 1996 — Two Women on a River • 1996 — War is Not a Children's Game • 1996 — Go West • 1997 — Mit sprog som menneske • 1997 — They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? • 1998 — Cecilie's World • 1999 — Filmhits for børn 4 (Sut slut finale) • 1999 — The Time Before the Moment • 2000 — Von Trier's 100 Eyes • 2000 — Free as a Bird • 2001 — Min egen motorhest • 2001 — Konfirmanderne / Gud hvor er det svært • 2001 — The Countess and Her Daughters • 2002 — When Mum and Dad are Clowns — Editor • 2003 — Det ulogiske instrument — Producer • 2003 — Avation — Producer • 2003 — It's All Good — Producer • 2003 — 5 hjerteslag — Producer • 2004 — Behind the Mountains • 2004 — Homulus spectaculus • 2006 — Sound on Life • 2007 — The Bird That Could Tell Fortunes • 2008 — My Iranian Paradise • 2008 — Tomme rum • 2014 — Mission Rape - A Tool of War