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name: "Søren Kragh-Jacobsen"
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born: "2 March 1947"
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# Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Director. Born 2 March 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 March 1947, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kragh-Jacobsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1244129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Borgen*](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) (84)

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## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Tænkepauser* (2025), series, Director
- *The Butterfly Swing* (2020), Director, Screenplay
- *The Idiots Who Started The Party* (2020), as Sig selv
- *Follow the Money* (2016), series, Director
- *The Hour of the Lynx* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Borgen* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *The Protectors* (2009), series, Director
- *What No One Knows* (2008), Director
- *The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey* (2004), series, Director
- *Sweet Dreams* (2003), Director, Screenplay
- *Guldregn* (2001), series, as Fortæller
- *D-Day* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Mifune* (1999), Director, Writer
- *The Island on Bird Street* (1997), Director
- *Hugo, the Jungle Creature* (1993), Songs
- *Den korsikanske biskopen* (1993), series, Director
- *The Boys from St. Petri* (1991), Director, Writer
- *Shower of Gold* (1988), Director
- *Emma's Shadow* (1988), Screenplay, Director
- *Life Is a Good Reason* (1985), Director
- *Ude på noget* (1984), series, Writer
- *My Granny's House* (1984), Writer
- *Thunderbirds* (1983), Writer, Director
- *Rubber Tarzan* (1981), Director, Writer
- *Wanna See My Beautiful Navel?* (1978), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award 2008: European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (won)
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog 2000: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 1999: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Mifune's Last Song*
- Nordisk Film Prisen 1999: Nordisk Film Prisen (won)

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

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