Henning Carlsen (4 June 1927 – 30 May 2014) was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of Cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, Robert Honorary Award
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Danish director, noted both for his documentary films and his realistic social dramas in the cinema verité style. Former cinema manager and assistant director at Minerva Films. With Nordisk from 1953.
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 180-184. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Memoria de mis putas tristes
2011
Promise
2010/I
Short
Springet
2005
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1998
Pan
1995
Oviri
1986
Pengene eller livet
1982
Hør, var der ikke en som lo?
1978
Da Svante forsvandt
1975
Un divorce heureux
1975
Man sku' være noget ved musikken
1972
Er I bange?
1971
Documentary
Klabautermannen
1969
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
1967
Hunger
1966
The Cats
1965
Epilogue
1963
Dilemma
1962/II
Souvenirs from Sweden
1961
Short
Et knudeproblem
1959
Cyklisten
1958
Documentary short
Civilforsvaret
1950
Documentary
Dukkestuen
1950
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Memoria de mis putas tristes
2011
screenplay
Springet
2005
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1998
writer
Pan
1995
Oviri
1986
scenario
Pengene eller livet
1982
Hør, var der ikke en som lo?
1978
writer
Da Svante forsvandt
1975
Un divorce heureux
1975
Man sku' være noget ved musikken
1972
Er I bange?
1971
Documentary
Klabautermannen
1969
writer
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
1967
Hunger
1966
Dilemma
1962/II
adaptation
Souvenirs from Sweden
1961
Short
Et knudeproblem
1959
writer
Cyklisten
1958
Documentary short writer
Civilforsvaret
1950
Documentary
Dukkestuen
1950
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Springet
2005
producer
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1998
producer
Pan
1995
co-producer
Oviri
1986
producer
Da Svante forsvandt
1975
producer
I din fars lomme
1973
producer
Man sku' være noget ved musikken
1972
producer
Er I bange?
1971
Documentary producer
Klabautermannen
1969
producer
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
1967
producer
Dilemma
1962/II
producer
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Springet
2005
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1998
Arven
1979
Hør, var der ikke en som lo?
1978
Man sku' være noget ved musikken
1972
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
1967
Hunger
1966
The Cats
1965
Dilemma
1962/II
Haakon VII: Norges konge i krig og fred
1952
Documentary
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hunger
1966
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tukkijoella tapahtuu
1950
Short assistant camera
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dilemma
1962/II
sound recordist
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Elise
1985
post-production assistance
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
2010
Documentary
Himself
Rosemary's Music: I Remember Komeda
2006
Short
Himself
Filmmakers in Action
2005
Documentary
Himself
Cineastas contra magnates
2005
Documentary
Himself
Gensyn med Johannesburg
1996
Documentary
Himself
Er I bange?
1971
Documentary
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Special Young Jury Award
Málaga Spanish Film Festival
Best Film (Mejor Película)
Memoria de mis putas tristes (2011)
2012
Honorary Robert
Robert Festival
2006
Lifetime Achievement Award
Copenhagen International Film Festival
1968
Bodil
Bodil Awards
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat (1967)
1967
Bodil
Bodil Awards
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Sult (1966)
1962
Grand Prize
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
Dilemma (1962)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1986
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
Oviri (1986)
1975
Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
Un divorce heureux (1975)
1972
Golden Berlin Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Man sku' være noget ved musikken (1972)
1969
Golden Berlin Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Klabautermannen (1969)
1968
Best Film
Mar del Plata Film Festival
International Competition
Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat (1967)