Biography
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is a Danish film and television director, musician and songwriter. Born in Copenhagen in 1947, he began as a musician before training at the FAMU film school in Prague. He returned to Denmark and directed television productions before making his feature debut with Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (1978).
He was one of the signatories of the Dogme 95 manifesto. His Dogme film Mifune's Last Song (1999) brought him international recognition and won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Other notable feature films include Rubber Tarzan (1981), The Boys from St. Petri (1991) and The Island on Bird Street (1997).
Kragh-Jacobsen has directed episodes of Danish television series including The Eagle (2004), Borgen (2010) and Follow the Money (2016). The Island on Bird Street received a Daytime Emmy Award.
