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Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Film Producer / Film Director / Executive Producer | * 04/08/1956 (68) | Osted (Denmark)
Peter Aalbæk Jensen (born 8 April 1956 in Osted) is a Danish film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier founded the Danish film company Zentropa and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen. His father was writer Erik Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is known for the Dogme95-manifesto and such projects as Dogville (2003) starring Nicole Kidman, Dancer in the Dark (2000) starring Björk, The Five Obstructions, and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding (2006). Peter Aalbæk Jensen has executive-produced over 70 theatrical feature films and many television productions, has founded a long list of subsidiary companies and is widely regarded as the most important Danish film producer since the 1990s. In autumn 2008, Peter Aalbæk Jensen was a judge on the Danish version of Got Talent. In 2017, nine women accused Aalbæk Jensen of sexual harassment and workplace bullying. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murde ...

The Absent One

NR

2014 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Thriller
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Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanis ...

The Keeper of Lost Causes

NR

2013 | 3.5/5 | 1h 33min
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth. ...

Melancholia

R

2011 | 3.6/5 | 2h 15min
Drama, Science Fiction
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In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living. ...

Breaking the Waves

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1996 | 3.7/5 | 2h 39min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Bodil Honorary Award
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Movies with Peter Aalbæk Jensen as Actor(7)

as Interviewee2005 Europa: The Faecal Location
as Interviewee2005 Lars von Trier: Anecdotes
as Udlejer2003 Rule No. 1
2001 The Flying Granny
as Dumpo1999 Gone with the Fish
1993 Pretty Boy
1989 The Knight of Justice

Movies with Peter Aalbæk Jensen as Crew(83)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Études
Production/Producer2019 Resin
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Purity of Vengeance
Production/Executive Producer2018 The House That Jack Built
Production/Executive Producer2017 You Disappear
Production/Producer2017 Darling
Production/Producer2016 A Conspiracy of Faith
Production/Producer2014 The Absent One
Production/Executive Producer2013 Tasting Menu
Production/Producer2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Production/Executive Producer2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Production/Executive Producer2013 The Weight of Elephants
Production/Producer2013 The Keeper of Lost Causes
Production/Producer2012 Into the White
Production/Co-Producer2011 Elles
Production/Executive Producer2011 Perfect Sense
Production/Executive Producer2011 Melancholia
Production/Executive Producer2010 The Red Chapel
Production/Executive Producer2010 In a Better World
Production/Producer2010 Dimension
Production/Executive Producer2009 Antichrist
Production/Co-Producer2009 Mammoth
Production/Producer2008 Crying for Love
Production/Producer2008 Go with Peace Jamil
Production/Executive Producer2008 Heaven's Heart
Production/Executive Producer2008 My Black Little Heart
Production/Co-Producer2007 Daisy Diamond
Production/Executive Producer2007 How to Get Rid of the Others
Production/Executive Producer2006 The Boss of It All
Production/Executive Producer2006 Princess
Production/Executive Producer2006 We Shall Overcome
Production/Co-Producer2006 Falkenberg Farewell
Production/Executive Producer2006 After the Wedding
Production/Executive Producer2005 Dear Wendy
Production/Co-Executive Producer2005 Next Door
Production/Executive Producer2004 In Your Hands
Production/Producer2004 The South
Production/Producer2004 Brothers
Production/Executive Producer2004 Day and Night
Production/Executive Producer2003 Kick 'n Rush
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Five Obstructions
Production/Executive Producer2003 Dogville
Production/Executive Producer2003 It's All About Love
Production/Executive Producer2003 Rule No. 1
Production/Executive Producer2003 Sweet Dreams
Production/Executive Producer2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Production/Executive Producer2002 Minor Mishaps
Production/Co-Producer2002 Lilya 4-ever
Production/Executive Producer2002 Open Hearts
Production/Executive Producer2001 One-Hand Clapping
Production/Producer2000 Angels of the Universe
Production/Executive Producer2000 Dancer in the Dark
Production/Co-Producer2000 Ikingut
Production/Executive Producer2000 The King Is Alive
Production/Co-Producer2000 A Summer Tale
Production/Executive Producer2000 The Bench
Production/Executive Producer2000 Italian for Beginners
Production/Executive Producer1999 Pink Prison
Production/Executive Producer1999 Possessed
Production/Producer1998 Constance
Production/Co-Producer1998 Show Me Love
Production/Executive Producer1998 The Blue Monk
Production/Executive Producer1998 The Idiots
Production/Producer1998 Wildside
Production/Producer1998 Lucky People Center International
Production/Co-Producer1997 Mendel
Production/Producer1997 Credo
Production/Executive Producer1997 Danes Without a Clue
Production/Producer1996 Breaking the Waves
Production/Co-Producer1996 Harry & Sonja
Production/Producer1996 Portland
Production/Executive Producer1996 Pusher
Production/Executive Producer1996 Anton
Production/Producer1996 The Biggest Heroes
Production/Producer1996 Devil's Island
Production/Producer1995 Carmen & Babyface
Production/Executive Producer1994 The Kingdom
Production/Producer1994 Dreamplay
Production/Producer1993 Pretty Boy
Production/Producer1993 Family Matters
Production/Producer1991 Europa
Writing/Writer1989 The Knight of Justice
Production/Production Manager1989 Sallys Bizniz

Full Name: Peter Jensen
Citizenship: Denmark
Born: Sunday, 04/08 1956 (April) in Osted (Denmark) (current age: 68 years + 12 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Danish (DA)
Educated at: National Film School of Denmark
Father: Erik Aalbaek Jensen
Peter Aalbæk Jensen frequently works together with these people:
Lars von Trier (44x, Crew)
Kristian Eidnes Andersen (18x, Crew)
Peter Garde (15x, Crew)
Louise Vesth (14x, Crew)
Molly Malene Stensgaard (13x, Crew)
Manon Rasmussen (13x, Crew)
Jens Albinus (12x, Actor)
Lars Jönsson (12x, Crew)
Vibeke Windeløv (11x, Crew)
Dennis Knudsen (11x, Crew)
Ib Tardini (11x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7828, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024