Did both Benjamin Christensen and Vinko Brešan work as film directors?
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Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film "Häxan" and as an actor, he is best known for his performance in the film "Michael" (1924), in which he plays Claude Zoret, the jilted lover of the film's title character.
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Vinko Brešan Vinko Brešan (] ; born 3 February 1964) is a Croatian film director who emerged into international renown with three critically acclaimed and award-winning films that, each in its own way, broke some of the perceived taboos of Croatian cinema in the 1990s.
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Jens Christian Christensen Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930), most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician normally considered the most important Danish political figure between circa 1900 and 1920.
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Tennyson Bardwell Tennyson Bardwell is an American film and TV commercial director and screenwriter.
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Jens Lien Jens Lien (born 14 September 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He graduated from the London International Film School in 1993. His graduation project was the short film "Montana", that was featured at the short film festival in Grimstad that year. in 1995 he again participated in this festival, with the entry "Mitt elektriske kjøkken" (My Electrical Kitchen). Lien went on to make the short films "Døren som ikke smakk" (Shut the Door, 2000) and "Naturlige Briller" (Natural Glasses, 2001). Both of these films were based on scripts by Per Schreiner, and both were featured at the Cannes International Film Festival. In addition to this Lien has also made a number of advertisements.
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Kristine Valdresdatter (film) Kristine Valdresdatter is a Norwegian silent film from 1930. This was the last silent film produced in Norway and it was directed by Rasmus Breistein. Breistein also wrote the script, which was based on Hans Andersen Foss's novel "Kristine: En fortælling fra Valdres" (Kristine: A Tale from Valdres). The film premiered on December 26, 1930 and it has been aired several times by NRK.
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Babette's Feast Babette's Feast (Danish: "Babettes gæstebud" ) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The film's screenplay was written by Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, and Benni Korzen with funding from the Danish Film Institute, "Babette's Feast" was the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story. It was also the first Danish film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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Café Paradis Café Paradis (English Title: Paradise Cafe) is a 1950 Danish film, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film received the Bodil Award for Film of the Year, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his finest performance, received the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Jutta Brückner Jutta Brückner (born 25 June 1941) is a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. She directed nine films between 1975 and 2005. Furthermore, she has written essays in film theory, film reviews and radio plays. She lives in Berlin and was Professor for narrative film at Berlin University of the Arts. She was the head of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival and is a member of multiple Film Juries and advisory committees.
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The Priest's Children The Priest's Children (Croatian: Svećenikova djeca ) is a 2013 Croatian comedy film directed by Vinko Brešan.
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Brudeferden i Hardanger Brudeferden i Hardanger (Norwegian: "The bridal procession in Hardanger" ) is a 1926 Norwegian silent drama film directed by Rasmus Breistein, starring Aase Bye. The script was written by Breistein, based on the novel "Marit Skjølte", by Kristofer Janson. The film is a romantic drama about two lovers who are kept apart by different economic circumstances. It started a trend of national romanticism in Norwegian film.
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Ben Bahan Benjamin James Bahan is a professor of ASL and Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University and a member of the Deaf community. He is an influential figure in American Sign Language literature as a storyteller and writer of Deaf culture. He is known for the stories "The Ball Story" and "Birds of a Different Feather". He is known for writing the book "A Journey into the Deaf-World" (1996) with Robert J. Hoffmeister and Harlan Lane. Bahan also co-wrote and co-directed the film "Audism Unveiled" (2008) with his colleague Dirksen Bauman.
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Häxan Häxan (Danish title: Heksen; English title: The Witches or Witchcraft Through the Ages) is a 1922 Swedish-Danish documentary-style silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Based partly on Christensen's study of the "Malleus Maleficarum", a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, "Häxan" is a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of diseases and mental illness could lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts. The film was made as a documentary but contains dramatised sequences that are comparable to horror films.
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Benjamin Staern Benjamin Staern, born 6 December 1978 in Gothenburg, Swedish composer. Son of Gunnar Staern.
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Haaken Christensen Haaken Andreas Christensen (16 February 1924 – 9 April 2008) was a Norwegian art historian, art collector and gallerist.
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Ekko av Ibsen Ekko av Ibsen is a series of eight short films that were shown on NRK in autumn 2006. Norsk filmfond and NRK arranged in 2004 a script writing conference that were based on texts by Henrik Ibsen.
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Pernille Fischer Christensen Pernille Fischer Christensen (born 24 December 1969) is a Danish film director and the older sister of actor Stine Fischer Christensen. She started out in the movie business when she was 20 years old as an assistant to Tómas Gislason. During that time, Gislason was closely connected to Lars von Trier, and she got to listen to Gislason and von Trier's discussions about movies. In 1993, she went to The European Film College where she met and collaborated with Nanna Arnfred. In 1999, she graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with the movie "India", which later went on to win the Cinéfondations 3rd Prize at the Film festival in Cannes. After finishing film school she made a short film called "Habibti My Love", which won a Robert in 2003 for "best short subject".
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Brudebuketten Brudebuketten (English: The Bridal Bouquet ) is a 1953 Norwegian comedy film directed by Bjørn Breigutu, starring Randi Kolstad, Lalla Carlsen and Per Aabel.
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Neighbours (1966 film) Neighbours (Danish: "Naboerne" ) is a 1966 Danish comedy film directed by Bent Christensen. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
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Box Head Revolution Box Head Revolution is a 2002 science fiction film directed, produced, edited and co-written by Mark Christensen.
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Joachim Christensen Joachim Christensen (born November 7, 1978) is an Danish mixed martial artist, competing in the Light heavyweight. He was the Superior Challenge champions (two times) and the German MMA Championship champion. He currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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It Rains on Our Love It Rains on Our Love (Swedish: Det regnar på vår kärlek ) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay was written by Herbert Grevenius and Bergman, based on the Norwegian play "Bra Mennesker" ("Good People") by Oskar Braaten. "It Rains on Our Love" is the first film directed by Bergman to include actor Gunnar Björnstrand in a credited role (he also had a credited role in Bergman's screenwriting debut "Torment" (1944)). Björnstrand would go on to act in nearly twenty of Bergman's films.