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Astrid Henning-Jensen

Director
Biography
Astrid Henning-Jensen was a Danish film director, actress, editor and screenwriter. Astrid was married to filmmaker Bjarne Henning-Jensen. She began working as his assistant in 1941 at Nordisk Film. The duo worked together on a number of films as co-directors, co-writers as well as assisting one another on individual projects. Henning-Jensen worked as a filmmaker in multiple capacities; writing, editing and directing. In her career spanning more than 50 years she made a large number of short films, films for Danish television, documentaries as well as feature films. In 1981, Henning-Jensen was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival and, in 1996, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

Personal Info

Occupation Director
Place of Birth Frederiksberg, Denmark
Birthday 1914-12-10

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Filmography by Year

1
1996
1
1986
1
1980
1
1978
1
1969
1
1968
1
1966
1
1959
1
1953
2
1951
1
1950
1
1949
1
1948
1
1947
1
1944

Filmography by Genre

Drama
3
Family
2
Adventure
1
Fantasy
1
Crime
1
Comedy
1