Johan Jacobsen

Johan Jacobsen
Born	(1912-03-14)14 March 1912 Aarhus, Denmark
Died	7 July 1972(1972-07-07) (aged 60) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Film director and producer
Years active	1938–1966
Spouse(s)	(married 1939–1951)
Partner(s)	Annelise Hovmand (1951–64)
Children	Bolette (Kisuna) Trine

Johan Jacobsen (born 14 March 1912 in Aarhus – died 7 July 1972 in Copenhagen) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager (1865-1955) and actress (1886-1968).

From the 1940s Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio .

From 1947 onwards 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.^[1]

His (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival 1960.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

In his last years Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921-1984) at his cinema in Copenhagen.

Filmography[]

Director:

• Under byens tage (1938)
• En Lille tilfældighed (1939)
• I de gode gamle Dage (1940)
• Tag det som en mand (1941)
• Tobiasnætter (1941)
• Ballade i Nyhavn (1942)
• Baby på eventyr (1942)
• Mine kære koner (1943)
• Som du vil ha' mig (1943)
• Eight Chords (1944)
• Mens sagføreren sover (1945)
• The Invisible Army (1945)
• Far betaler (1946)
• Letter from the Dead (1946)
• Jenny and the Soldier (1947)
• 3 Aar efter (1948)
• My Wife is Innocent (1950)
• (1951)
• All this and Island too (1951)
• Som sendt fra himlen (1951)
• Delusion (1955)
• Den store Gav-tyv (1956)
• Vi som går stjernevejen (1956)
• (1959)
• Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
• Søskende (1966)

Documentaries / shorts:

• Da freden kom til Danmark (1945)
• Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949)
• Næste gang er det dig (1948)
• En dag i radioen (1950)
• Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953)
• The Little Match Girl (La petite fille aux allumettes) (1953)
• Splintret emalje (1956)
• Fremrykket møde (1964)
• Norden i flammer (1965)

Producer:

• (1948)
• Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949)
• En dag i radioen (1950)
• The Needle (1951)
• All this and Island too (1951)
• Problems to be solved (1952)
• The Little Match Girl (La petite fille aux allumettes) (1953)
• Skatteøens hemmelighed (1953)
• Delusion (1955)
• Hvorfor stjæler barnet? (1955)
• Splintret emaille (1956)
• Den store Gav-tyv (1956)
• Be Dear to Me (Sei lieb zu mir) (1957)
• Krudt og klunker (1958)
• (1959)
• Frihedens pris (1960)
• The Musketeers (1961)
• Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
• Sextet (Sekstet) (1963)
• Fremrykket møde (1964)
• Norden i flammer (1965)
• Søskende (1966)

References[]

Literature[]

• Morten Piil (ed): Danske filminstruktører. Gyldendal, Copenhagen. 2005.
• (ed), 100 års dansk film. Rosinante, Copenhagen. 2001.
• (ed): Filmleksikon. Munksgaard Rosinante, Copenhagen. 1995.

External links[]

• Johan Jacobsen at IMDb