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name: "Morten Kaufmann"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 March 1963"
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# Morten Kaufmann

## Identity

Morten Kaufmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/morten-kaufmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** morten-kaufmann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0442337
- **TMDB ID:** 1560
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64924087
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Kaufmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64924087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1560

Producer. Born 25 March 1963 in Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 March 1963, Denmark
- **Active:** 1998–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Kaufmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64924087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1560

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Hunt*](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Morten Kaufmann is a Danish film and television producer. He was born on 25 March 1963 and graduated as a producer from the National Danish Film School. He worked at Nimbus Film until 2009 and co-founded the production company Toolbox Film in 2011 with Signe Leick Jensen.

Kaufmann is known for his collaborations with director Thomas Vinterberg, including line producing *The Celebration* (1998) and producing *Submarino* (2010) and *The Hunt* (2012). His other credits include *Flame & Citron* (2008), *The Commune* (2016), *Enforcement* (2020) and *Held for Ransom* (2019). He has also produced for television and written for series.

His work has earned multiple awards and nominations, including a BAFTA nomination and the Nordic Council Film Prize.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hunt* (2012), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)
- *The Celebration* (1998), Fi1m 85, Line Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Way Home* (2024), Producer
- *Enforcement* (2020), Producer
- *Held for Ransom* (2019), Producer
- *Word of God* (2017), Producer
- *Letters to Amina* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Commune* (2016), Producer
- *Comeback* (2015), Producer
- *Hemmeligheden* (2013), series, Producer
- *The Hunt* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)
- *Submarino* (2010), Producer
- *The Escape* (2009), Producer
- *Flame & Citron* (2008), Executive Producer
- *When a Man Comes Home* (2007), Producer, Writer
- *Dark Horse* (2005), Producer
- *Angels in Fast Motion* (2005), Producer
- *Scratch* (2003), Assistant Director
- *It's All About Love* (2003), Line Producer
- *Miracle* (2000), Producer
- *Mifune* (1999), Producer
- *The Celebration* (1998), Line Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)
- *Sinan's Wedding* (1997), Producer
- *Sweethearts?* (1996), Development Producer
- *So, That's How!* (1990), Music
- *Planen*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm och Morten Kaufmann, vinnare av Nordiska rådets filmpris 2010. Keywords: Film Prize](https://film.one/media/person/103002/gallery-77a0204367cd.jpg) Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm och Morten Kaufmann, vinnare av Nordiska rådets filmpris 2010. Keywords: Film Prize — Magnus Fröderberg, CC BY 2.5 dk, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Thomas_Vinterberg%2C_Tobias_Lindholm_och_Morten_Kaufmann%2C_vinnare_av_Nordiska_radets_filmpris_2010.jpg/1280px-Thomas_Vinterberg%2C_Tobias_Lindholm_och_Morten_Kaufmann%2C_vinnare_av_Nordiska_radets_filmpris_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm och Morten Kaufmann, vinnare av Nordiska rådets filmpris 2010. Keywords: Film Prize](https://film.one/media/person/103002/gallery-ce801f04b5e4.jpg) Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm och Morten Kaufmann, vinnare av Nordiska rådets filmpris 2010. Keywords: Film Prize — Magnus Fröderberg, CC BY 2.5 dk, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Thomas_Vinterberg%2C_Tobias_Lindholm_och_Morten_Kaufmann%2C_vinnare_av_Nordiska_radets_filmpris_2010_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Thomas_Vinterberg%2C_Tobias_Lindholm_och_Morten_Kaufmann%2C_vinnare_av_Nordiska_radets_filmpris_2010_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Nordic Council Film Prize 2013: Nordic Council Film Prize (won), for *The Hunt*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Hunt*
- Nordic Council Film Prize 2010: Nordic Council Film Prize (won), for *Submarino*

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

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