Henning Carlsen
Film director
1927 – 2014
Who was Henning Carlsen?
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 was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. 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.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1927
Aalborg - Parents
- Spouses
- Hjørdis Wirth Jensen
(1949 - 1969) - Else Heidary
(1975 - )
- Hjørdis Wirth Jensen
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Profession
- Died
- May 30, 2014
Copenhagen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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