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name: "Henning Kristiansen"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 July 1927"
died: "2 November 2006"
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updated: "2026-09-26T01:31:48.983254+00:00"
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# Henning Kristiansen

## Identity

Henning Kristiansen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henning-kristiansen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henning-kristiansen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0471610
- **TMDB ID:** 69193
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4241285
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Kristiansen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4241285, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69193

Cinematographer. Born 2 July 1927 in Denmark. Died 2 November 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 July 1927, Denmark
- **Died:** 2 November 2006
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Kristiansen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4241285, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69193

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Babette's Feast*](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md) (86)

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## Biography

Henning Kristiansen (2 July 1927 – 2 November 2006) was a Danish cinematographer and film director. He began his career as a camera trainee at Palladium Film in 1946, remaining there until 1951, before joining Nordisk Film in 1952. He worked as director of photography there from 1953 to 1960 and subsequently as a freelancer.

Over a career spanning more than fifty years, Kristiansen served as cinematographer on numerous Danish films, including *Hunger* (1966), two Olsen Gang entries (*The Olsen Gang Sees Red*, 1976, among others), and *Babette's Feast* (1987). He received a Bodil Honorary Award in 1964 and a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography for *Babette's Feast*. He also co-directed the youth drama *Me and Charly* (1978), which won a Bodil for Best Film. Kristiansen taught at the National Film School of Denmark from 1980 to 1987 and chaired the Danish Association of Cinematographers from 1992 to 1997.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Fi1m 86, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prince of Jutland* (1994), Director of Photography
- *First Love* (1992), series, Cinematography
- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)
- *The Parallel Corpses* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Charly & Steffen* (1979), Director
- *Me and Charly* (1978), Screenplay, Director
- *A Town in the Province* (1977), series, Cinematography
- *The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank* (1976), Cinematography
- *The Olsen Gang Sees Red* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Da Svante forsvandt* (1975), Cinematography
- *The Goldcabbage Family* (1975), Cinematography
- *The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang* (1974), Cinematography
- *Danish Pastries* (1973), Cinematography
- *Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!* (1972), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Swedish Fly Girls* (1971), Cinematography
- *The Night Visitor* (1971), Director of Photography
- *King Lear* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Only Way* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Dance of Death* (1969), Cinematography
- *Midt i en jazztid* (1969), Director of Photography
- *People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Girl and the Viscount* (1966), Cinematography
- *Hunger* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Hold da helt ferie* (1965), Cinematography
- *Tine* (1964), Cinematography
- *Selvmordsskolen* (1964), Cinematography
- *Dilemma* (1962), Cinematography
- *Danish Design* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Et knudeproblem* (1959), Cinematography
- *Other People's Children* (1958), Director of Photography
- *En ny og sørgelig vise* (1953), Camera Operator
- *Behind the red gates* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Smedestræde 4* (1950), Cinematography

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