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name: "Janus Billeskov Jansen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janus-billeskov-jansen"
fi1m_id: "janus-billeskov-jansen"
imdb_id: "nm0418011"
tmdb_id: 23332
wikidata_id: "Q5576075"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "25 November 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:01:04.973791+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Janus Billeskov Jansen

## Identity

Janus Billeskov Jansen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janus-billeskov-jansen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janus-billeskov-jansen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0418011
- **TMDB ID:** 23332
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5576075
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5576075, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23332

Editor. Born 25 November 1951 in Frederiksberg, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 25 November 1951, Frederiksberg, Danmark
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Janus Billeskov
- **Frequently works with:** [Anne Østerud](https://film.one/person/anne-sterud.md), [Mads Mikkelsen](https://film.one/person/mads-mikkelsen.md), [Sisse Graum Jørgensen](https://film.one/person/sisse-graum-jrgensen.md), [Thomas Bo Larsen](https://film.one/person/thomas-bo-larsen.md), [Thomas Vinterberg](https://film.one/person/thomas-vinterberg.md), [Tobias Lindholm](https://film.one/person/tobias-lindholm.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (2), 2020s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 2, Drama 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $41m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5576075, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23332

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Act of Killing*](https://film.one/film/the-act-of-killing.md) (88)
- **Tubi:** [*Flee*](https://film.one/film/flee.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Hunt*](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md) (82)
- **AMC+:** [*Another Round*](https://film.one/film/another-round.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Janus Billeskov Jansen is a Danish film editor. He was born on 25 November 1951 in Frederiksberg, Denmark, and has worked in the industry since the 1970s on feature films, documentaries and short films.

He has edited numerous films directed by Bille August, including *Pelle the Conqueror* (1987) and *The Best Intentions* (1992). Other credits include *The Hunt* (2012) and *Another Round* (2020), both directed by Thomas Vinterberg, as well as the documentaries *The Act of Killing* (2012) and *Flee* (2021).

Jansen has received an honorary Bodil Award for his contributions to Danish film and has won multiple Robert Awards for best editing.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Flee* (2021), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *Another Round* (2020), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/another-round.md)
- *The Act of Killing* (2012), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-act-of-killing.md)
- *The Hunt* (2012), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Lucky* (2026), Editor
- *Special Unit - The First Murder* (2025), Editor
- *Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Families Like Ours* (2024), series, Editor
- *Ripple* (2023), Editorial Consultant
- *Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction* (2023), Editor
- *A Storm Foretold: Det amerikanske oprør* (2023), Consulting Producer
- *The Kiss* (2022), Editor
- *The Killing of a Journalist* (2022), Editor
- *The Pact* (2021), Editor
- *Flee* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *Another Round* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/another-round.md)
- *The Good Traitor* (2020), Editor
- *He Dreams of Giants* (2019), Editor
- *A Fortunate Man* (2018), series, Editor
- *The Purity of Vengeance* (2018), Editor
- *Angels Are Made of Light* (2018), Editor
- *A Fortunate Man* (2018), Editor
- *What Walaa Wants* (2018), Editorial Consultant
- *Backstabbing for Beginners* (2018), Editor
- *What Will People Say* (2017), Editor
- *Strong Island* (2017), Editor
- *Heartstone* (2016), Editor
- *The Commune* (2016), Editor
- *The Idealist* (2015), Editor
- *Silent Heart* (2014), Editor
- *We Are Journalists* (2014), Editorial Consultant
- *Someone You Love* (2014), Editor
- *The Quiet Roar* (2014), Editor
- *I Am Yours* (2013), Editor
- *TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard* (2013), Script Consultant
- *Travelling with Mr. T* (2012), Editor
- *The Act of Killing* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-act-of-killing.md)
- *The Hunt* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)
- *The Collaborator and His Family* (2011), Editor
- *A Family* (2011), Editor
- *Millennium* (2010), series, Editor
- *Heaven's Heart* (2008), Editor
- *Daisy Diamond* (2007), Editor
- *The Importance of Being Mlabri* (2007), Director
- *Voices Of The World* (2005), Director
- *Pusher II* (2004), Editor
- *The Man Who Couldn't Say No* (2002), Editor
- *Tinke the Wolfgirl* (2002), Editor
- *Family* (2001), Editor
- *A Song for Martin* (2001), Editor
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence* (1999), Editor
- *Les Misérables* (1998), Editor
- *Smilla's Sense of Snow* (1997), Editor
- *Jerusalem* (1996), Editor
- *The Kingdom* (1994), Creative Consultant
- *The House of the Spirits* (1993), Editor
- *The Best Intentions* (1992), Editor
- *1700 meter fra fremtiden* (1990), Editor
- *A World of Difference* (1989), Editor
- *Katinka* (1988), Editor
- *Pelle the Conqueror* (1987), Editor
- *The Wolf at the Door* (1986), Editor
- *The Boy Who Disappeared* (1984), Assistant Editor
- *Thunderbirds* (1983), Editor
- *Zappa* (1983), Editor
- *Tree of Knowledge* (1981), Editor
- *Har du set Alice?* (1981), Editor
- *Thomas - A Child Out of Reach* (1980), Editor
- *Black Pete – No, You're It* (1980), Editor
- *Skal vi danse først?* (1979), Editor
- *Det begyndte med Mathilde* (1978), Editor
- *Christmas by Your Friends* (1978), Editor
- *Boys* (1977), Editor
- *Could We Maybe* (1976), Editor
- *The Feelings Are the Same* (1972), Editor
- *How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed* (1972), Editor

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won, 1 nominated

- Robert Award for Best Editing 2022: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *Flee*
- Robert Award for Best Editing 2021: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *Another Round*
- European Film Award for Best Editor 2016: European Film Award for Best Editor (won), for *The Commune*
- Robert Award for Best Editing 2014: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *The Hunt*
- European Film Award for Best Editor 2012: European Film Award for Best Editor (nominated), for *The Hunt*
- Bodil Honorary Award 2005: Bodil Honorary Award (won)
- Robert Award for Best Editing 1994: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *The House of the Spirits*
- The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize 1994: The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize (won)
- Robert Award for Best Editing 1988: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *Pelle the Conqueror*
- Robert Award for Best Editing 1984: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *Thunderbirds*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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