Directing

Johan Jacobsen

Born 1912-03-14

Aarhus, Denmark

Department: 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.

1943

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (57 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Søskende	Director	Movie	1966
Søskende	Producer	Movie	1966
Norden i flammer	Director	Movie	1965
Fremrykket møde	Speaker (voice)	Movie	1964
Fremrykket møde	Director	Movie	1964
Fremrykket møde	Editor	Movie	1964
Sextet	Producer	Movie	1963
The Queen's Guardsman	Director	Movie	1963
Frihedens pris	Producer	Movie	1960
A Stranger Knocks	Director	Movie	1959
Krudt og klunker	Producer	Movie	1958
Be Dear to Me	Producer	Movie	1957
Be Dear to Me	Production Design	Movie	1957
Vi som går stjernevejen	Director	Movie	1956
Den store gav-tyv	Director	Movie	1956
The Blinded	Director	Movie	1955
The Blinded	Producer	Movie	1955
Hvorfor stjæler barnet?	Producer	Movie	1955
Skatteøens hemmelighed	Director	Movie	1953
Man burde ta' sig af det	Speaker	Movie	1952
Som sendt fra himlen	Director	Movie	1951
Som sendt fra himlen	Producer	Movie	1951
All this - and Iceland too	Director	Movie	1951
Naalen	Producer	Movie	1951
Naalen	Director	Movie	1951
Min kone er uskyldig	Director	Movie	1950
En dag i radioen	Director	Movie	1950
En dag i radioen	Producer	Movie	1950
Kongefilmen Frederik IX	Director	Movie	1949
Næste Gang er det dig	Speaker (voice)	Movie	1948
Næste Gang er det dig	Director	Movie	1948
Næste Gang er det dig	Producer	Movie	1948
3 years after	Director	Movie	1948
Jenny and the Soldier	man at the taxi exchange	Movie	1947
Jenny and the Soldier	Director	Movie	1947
Jenny and the Soldier	Producer	Movie	1947
Jenny and the Soldier	Writer	Movie	1947
Lise kommer til byen	Self / Appearance	Movie	1947
Letter from the Dead	Director	Movie	1946
Far betaler	Director	Movie	1946
The Invisible Army	Stikker	Movie	1945
The Invisible Army	Director	Movie	1945
Da freden kom til Danmark	Director	Movie	1945
Mens sagføreren sover	Director	Movie	1945
Eight Chords	Director	Movie	1944
De tre skolekammerater	Director	Movie	1944
As You Want Me	Director	Movie	1943
My Dear Wives	Director	Movie	1943
Baby paa eventyr	Director	Movie	1942
Ballade i Nyhavn	Director	Movie	1942
Tobiasnætter	Director	Movie	1941
Tag det som en mand	Director	Movie	1941
I de gode gamle Dage	Director	Movie	1940
En lille Tilfældighed	Director	Movie	1939
Under byens tage	Director	Movie	1938
With Full Music	Gæst fra musikforlag	Movie	1933
Splintret emaille	Director	Movie	—