Henning Carlsen

Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinma vrit. Carlsens 1966 socialrealistic drama Hunger was nominated for the Palme DOr 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 thanfilms,for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.

Carlsen was born onJune 1927 in Aalborg, Denmark. In 1948, Carlsen became an assistant director at Minerva Film where he received onthejob training. He worked at Minerva until 1953 when he shifted to Nordisk Film.

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