Biography
Johan Jacobsen (born 14 March 1912 in Aarhus – died 7 July 1972 in Copenhagen) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865-1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886-1968).
From the 1940s Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium.
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.His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival 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
all 37
Movies 37
Director 30
Producer 5
Søskende (1966)
Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
Sextet (1963)
The Musketeers (1961)
Frihedens pris (1960)
A Stranger Knocks (1959)
Krudt og klunker (1958)
Be Dear to Me (1957)
Vi som går stjernevejen (1956)
Den store gav-tyv (1956)
The Blinded (1955)
Som sendt fra himlen (1951)
All this - and Iceland too (1951)
Naalen (1951)
Min kone er uskyldig (1950)
Kongefilmen Frederik IX (1949)
Næste gang er det dig (1948)
3 years after (1948)
Jenny and the Soldier (1947)
Lise kommer til byen (1947)
Letter from the Dead (1946)
Far betaler (1946)
The Invisible Army (1945)
Da freden kom til Danmark (1945)
Mens sagføreren sover (1945)
Otte akkorder (1944)
De tre skolekammerater (1944)
As You Want Me (1943)
My Dear Wives (1943)
Baby paa eventyr (1942)
Ballade i Nyhavn (1942)
Tobiasnætter (1941)
Tag det som en mand (1941)
I de gode gamle dage (1940)
En lille tilfældighed (1939)
Under byens tage (1938)
With Full Music (1933)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1912-03-14
Deathday1972-07-07 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceAarhus, Denmark
FatherJacob Jacobsen
CitizenshipsDenmark
Also Known AsЮхан Якобсен, Йохан Якобсен
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