Anders Thomas Jensen

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Anders Thomas Jensen

Directing 54 April 6, 1972

Frederiksværk, Danmark

Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972 in Frederiksværk) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night. He also received Oscar…

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The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

5.8 2017 Movie
Brothers

Brothers

7.3 2009 Movie
Antichrist

Antichrist

6.6 2009 Movie
The Duchess

The Duchess

7.0 2008 Movie
Riders of Justice

Riders of Justice

7.3 2020 Movie
The Salvation

The Salvation

6.5 2014 Movie
Adam's Apples

Adam's Apples

7.5 2005 Movie
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

7.7 2023 Movie
After the Wedding

After the Wedding

7.1 2006 Movie
In a Better World

In a Better World

7.2 2010 Movie
The Green Butchers

The Green Butchers

7.1 2003 Movie
In China They Eat Dogs

In China They Eat Dogs

7.3 1999 Movie

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Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972 in Frederiksværk) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night. He also received Oscar nominations in the live-action short category for his films Ernst & The Light (1996) and Wolfgang (1997). From the end of the 1990s and into the new millennium he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including Mifune's Last Song (co-written with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), In China They Eat Dogs, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt, and Brothers. In 2000 Anders Thomas Jensen for the first time directed a feature film: the action-comedy Flickering Lights, and since then directed The Green Butchers and Adam's Apples. In 2005 he received the Nordisk Film Award (1000 Danish kroner times the age of Nordisk Film).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Sonny Mango

    Movie Ærkeenglen Anders

  2. 2025
    The Last Viking

    Movie Director

  3. 2023
    The Promised Land

    Movie Writer

  4. 2023
    Agent

    TV show Robert gæst

  5. 2022
    Dansk films bedste

    TV show Sig selv

  6. 2021
    The Marco Effect

    Movie Script Consultant

  7. 2020
    Riders of Justice

    Movie Director

  8. 2020
    The Idiots Who Started The Party

    Movie Sig selv

  9. 2020
    When Danish Film Crosses the Line

    Movie Sig selv

  10. 2020
    Abbi fede

    Movie Original Film Writer

  11. 2019
    Between Us

    TV show Script Consultant

  12. 2019
    Minkavlerne

    TV show Script Consultant

  13. 2019
    Held for Ransom

    Movie Writer

  14. 2019
    After the Wedding

    Movie Original Film Writer

  15. 2017
    The Dark Tower

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 2015
    The Shamer's Daughter

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 2015
    People Get Eaten

    Movie Script Consultant

  2. 2015
    Men & Chicken

    Movie Writer

  3. 2015
    A Second Chance

    Movie Writer

  4. 2014
    The Salvation

    Movie Writer

  5. 2013
    Tomgang

    TV show Writer

  6. 2013
    All for Two

    Movie Writer

  7. 2012
    Love Is All You Need

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 2012
    Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past

    Movie Production Manager

  9. 2011
    Boys On Film: Bad Romance

    Movie Writer

  10. 2010
    In a Better World

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 2009
    The New Tenants

    Movie Writer

  12. 2009
    Brothers

    Movie Writer

  13. 2009
    At World's End

    Movie Writer

  14. 2009
    Antichrist

    Movie Story Supervisor

  15. 2008
    Fear Me Not

    Movie Writer

  16. 2008
    The Duchess

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 2007
    White Night

    Movie Writer

  18. 2007
    With Your Permission

    Movie Screenplay

  19. 2007
    Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

    Movie Director

  20. 2006
    Red Road

    Movie Writer

  21. 2006
    Clash of Egos

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 2006
    Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Movie Director

  23. 2006
    After the Wedding

    Movie Story

  24. 2005
    Murk

    Movie Writer