Henning Carlsen
Danish film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor (1927-2014) · Denmark · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Memories of My Melancholy WhoresFilm, Director, Writer2010
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a LifeFilm2005
Filmmakers vs. TycoonsFilm1998
I Wonder Who's Kissing You NowFilm, Director1986
The Wolf at the DoorFilm, Director, Producer1982
Your Money or Your LifeFilm, Director1978
Did Somebody Laugh?Film, Director1975
Midi PremièreSeries
A Happy DivorceFilm, 1975Director, Writer1971
Are You Afraid?Film, Director1969
We Are All DemonsFilm, Director, Writer1966
HungerFilm, Director, Writer1965
The CatsFilm, Director, Writer1962
DilemmaFilm, Director, Writer1959Et knudeproblemFilm, Director, Writer1927Born4 June 1927People around Henning
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Morten Grunwald Henning directed The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Preben Neergaard Henning directed Hoer, Var Der Ikke En, Som Lo? (1978)
Karl Stegger Henning produced Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
Otto Brandenburg Henning produced Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
Marina Bouras Henning directed I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now? (1998)
Eva Dahlbeck Henning produced People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)
Sofie Gråbøl Henning produced The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Ghita Nørby Henning directed The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Allan Edwall Henning directed People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)
Benny Andersen Henning produced Da Svante forsvandt (1975)
Jesper Langberg Henning directed Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
Lise Fjeldstad Henning produced Hunger (1966)
Bent Christensen Henning produced People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)
Gyrd Løfqvist Henning produced Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
Hans W. Petersen Henning produced Hunger (1967)
Knud Rex Henning directed Hunger (1966)
David Harewood Henning directed I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now? (1998)
Jørgen Beck Henning directed How About Us? (1963)
Kirsten Olesen Henning directed Hoer, Var Der Ikke En, Som Lo? (1978)
Tommy Kenter Henning directed I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now? (1998)
Buster Larsen Henning directed How About Us? (1963)
Kirsten Rolffes Henning directed How About Us? (1963)
Lars Knutzon Henning directed I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now? (1998)
Peer Guldbrandsen Henning directed Hoer, Var Der Ikke En, Som Lo? (1978)
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Television 1
Awards
About this person
Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.
