Johan Jacobsen
Born: 1912-03-14 in Aarhus, Denmark
Died: 1972-07-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968). In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium. From 1947 on, he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016) at his own film studio, Flamingo. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965. In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.
Filmography
1966
- Søskende ... (Director)
1965
- Norden i flammer ... (Director)
1964
- Fremrykket møde as Speaker (voice)
1963
- Sextet ... (Producer)
- The Queen's Guardsman ... (Director)
1960
- Frihedens pris ... (Producer)
1959
- A Stranger Knocks ... (Director)
1958
- Krudt og klunker ... (Producer)
1957
- Be Dear to Me ... (Producer)
1956
- Vi som går stjernevejen ... (Director)
- Den store gav-tyv ... (Director)
1955
- The Blinded ... (Director)
- Hvorfor stjæler barnet? ... (Producer)
1953
- Skatteøens hemmelighed ... (Director)
1952
- Man burde ta' sig af det as Speaker
1951
- Som sendt fra himlen ... (Director)
- All this - and Iceland too ... (Director)
- Naalen ... (Producer)
1950
- Min kone er uskyldig ... (Director)
- En dag i radioen ... (Director)
1949
- Kongefilmen Frederik IX ... (Director)
1948
- 3 years after ... (Director)
- Næste Gang er det dig as Speaker (voice)
1947
- Jenny and the Soldier as man at the taxi exchange
- Lise kommer til byen
1946
- Letter from the Dead ... (Director)
- Far betaler ... (Director)
1945
- The Invisible Army as Stikker
- Mens sagføreren sover ... (Director)
- Da freden kom til Danmark ... (Director)
1944
- Eight Chords ... (Director)
- De tre skolekammerater ... (Director)
1943
- As You Want Me ... (Director)
- My Dear Wives ... (Director)
1942
- Ballade i Nyhavn ... (Director)
- Baby paa eventyr ... (Director)
1941
- Tag det som en mand ... (Director)
- Tobiasnætter ... (Director)
1940
- I de gode gamle Dage ... (Director)
1939
- En lille Tilfældighed ... (Director)
1938
- Under byens tage ... (Director)
1933
- With Full Music as Gæst fra musikforlag