Knut Erik Jensen
Knut Erik Jensen (born 8 October 1940 in Honningsvåg, Finnmark) is a Norwegian film director, best known for his documentary Cool and Crazy.
Knut Erik Jensen
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- Name
- Knut Erik Jensen
- Born
- 8 October 1940
- Birthplace
- Honningsvåg, Norway
- Awards
- Royal Norwegian Order of St.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- film producer · screenwriter · photographer · director
- Honours
- Finnmark County Culture Prize · The Amanda Committee's Honorary Award · Arne Skouen's Honour Award · Norwegian Film Critics’ Award
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Knut Erik Jensen (born 8 October 1940 in Honningsvåg, Finnmark) is a Norwegian film director, best known for his documentary Cool and Crazy.
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Knut Erik Jensen (born 1940) is a Norwegian director, film producer and photographer, among other activities. The director was born in Honningsvåg.
Languages used include Norwegian. Knut Erik Jensen received Arne Skouen's Honour Award, Finnmark County Culture Prize and Norwegian Film Critics’ Award, among others.
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• Name — Knut Erik Jensen • Born — 8 October 1940 • Birthplace — Honningsvåg, Norway • Awards — Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
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After studying French, Russian and history, Jensen attended the London Film School. In 1978, he joined the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), and has since made documentaries and short films for NRK as well as independently. He is known for the documentary Cool and Crazy. Jensen has also directed three feature films: Stella Polaris (1993), Burnt by Frost (1997) and Passing Darkness (2000). At the 2001 Amanda Awards, Jensen's documentary Heftig og begeistret won both Best Film (Årets norske kinofilm) and Best Documentary (Årets dokumentarfilm). In 2008 Jensen was made a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
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Knut Erik Jensen is recorded as having received Finnmark County Culture Prize, The Amanda Committee's Honorary Award and Arne Skouen's Honour Award. Recognition and collections. Jensen received Finnmark County Culture Prize, The Amanda Committee's Honorary Award, Arne Skouen's Honour Award and Norwegian Film Critics’ Award.
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Knut Erik Jensen born at Honningsvåg.
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