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Peter Aalbæk Jensen Biography

Birth Name:Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Birth Place:Osted, Denmark

Profession Producer, Actor, Soundtrack, Sound department, Production manager

Fast Facts

  • Shares an honorary Bodil Prize with producers Vibeke Windeløv and Ib Tardini for propelling the Danish film industry
  • Founded the Zentropa film company in 1992 with director Lar von Trier, later growing into Filmbyen
  • On the Denmark Board for Nordic Artists Management, an agency representing classical music artists
  • Studied at the Danish Film School and graduated in 1987
  • Married architect Lise Palm in September of 1983
  • Executive producer, producer whose work includes "Melancholia" (2011), "Dogville" (2003), "Dancer in the Dark" (2000), "Breaking Waves" (1996) and many other films and television productions
  • Served as a judge on the Danish version of TV's "Got Talent" in the fall of 2008

Awards

  • 1996European Film Award-European Film of the Year: winner
  • 1997Best Foreign Film Award-: nominated
  • 2005European Film Award-European Film: nominated
  • 2012Zulu-Best Film (Årets danske film): nominated
  • 2014Audience Award-Best Drama (Bedste drama): nominated
  • 2014Robert-Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm): nominated
  • 2015Robert-Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm): nominated
  • 2015Audience Award-: winner
  • 2017Robert-Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm): winner