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Andreas Johnsen
Born1974
Copenhagen
OccupationFilmmaker

Andreas Johnsen (born 1974[1]) is a Danish documentary director, producer, cinematographer.[2] He is best known for the film Ai Weiwei The Fake Case (2013),[3][4][5][6] about the Chinese artist and activist's life and battle against charges placed against him by the Chinese government. Johnsen's films often look at social issues in many different parts of the world,[7] including da [Kidd Life] (2012),[8] about the Danish rapper and YouTube star Nicholas Westwood Kidd, and Man Ooman (2008),[9] which looks at sex and gender relations in Jamaica through dancehall culture. In 2014, the Danish Film Critics Association granted him the Bodil Award for Best Documentary.[10][11]

Filmography

  • 2014 Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (Documentary)
  • 2012 Kidd Life (Documentary)
  • 2011 A Kind of Paradise (Documentary)[12]
  • 2009 Mord (Documentary) (as Andreas Rosforth Johnsen)
  • 2008 Man Ooman (Documentary)
  • 2008 Natasja (Documentary)[13][14]
  • 2007 Good Copy Bad Copy (Documentary)[15]
  • 2006 Curtain Raising: Musicians in East Africa (Documentary)
  • 2005 Inside Outside (Documentary)
  • 2004 Mr. Catra: The Faithful (Documentary)[16]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Andreas Johnsen". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Jagten på dansk grafittikunst". www.b.dk. 3 September 2012.
  3. ^ "I al hemmelighed: 'Kidd Life'-instruktør laver dokumentar om Ai Weiwei". politiken.dk.
  4. ^ "Dansker laver film om Ai Weiwei". ekkofilm.dk.
  5. ^ "Et liv med usynlige fjender". Information.
  6. ^ "Ai Weiwei the Fake Case". ekkofilm.dk.
  7. ^ Marques, João Diogo. "180 ID Andreas Johnsen". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Dansker er snublende tæt på at vinde dokumentarfilmenes svar på en Oscar". politiken.dk.
  9. ^ "Røvgo' dokumentar". Information.
  10. ^ Jan Dohrmann. "Bodil gik fra blæst til fest". dr.dk.
  11. ^ "Jagten var bedst". ekkofilm.dk.
  12. ^ CPH:DOX. "CPH:DOX 2015: A Kind of Paradise". CPH:DOX.
  13. ^ "Natasja-dokumentar kommer på dvd". GAFFA.dk.
  14. ^ "Tæt på Natasja". tvtid.tv2.dk.
  15. ^ "Copyright i krise". Information.
  16. ^ "Andreas Johnsen". IMDB.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.