Directing · b. 1914 · Frederiksberg, Denmark

Astrid Henning-Jensen

Biography

Astrid Henning-Jensen was a Danish film director, actress, editor and screenwriter. Astrid was married to filmmaker Bjarne Henning-Jensen. She began working as his assistant in 1941 at Nordisk Film. The duo worked together on a number of films as co-directors, co-writers as well as assisting one another on individual projects. Henning-Jensen worked as a filmmaker in multiple capacities; writing, editing and directing. In her career spanning more than 50 years she made a large number of short films, films for Danish television, documentaries as well as feature films. In 1981, Henning-Jensen w...

Directed
Bella, min Bella 1996 Barndommens gade 1986 Øjeblikket 1980 Winterborn 1978 Mig og dig 1969 Min bedstefar er en stok 1968 Utro 1966 The Soldier and the Woman 1962 Een blandt mange 1961 Boy of Two Worlds 1959 Hest på sommerferie 1959 Sunstroke 1953 Unknown Man's Story 1951 Krane's Confectionery 1951 North Sea Boys 1950 Palle Alone in the World 1949 Kristinus Bergman 1948 Those Damned Kids 1947 Dansk politi i Sverige 1945 De danske sydhavsøer 1944
Acting
Danish Girls Show Everything Herself 1996 The Knight of Justice 1989 Take It Easy 1986 Hodja from Pjort The poor childrens protector 1985 The Element of Crime House Keeper 1984
Other Credits
Nye venner Writer 1956 Your Freedom is at Stake Camera Operator 1946 Refugees Find a Port Assistant Director 1945
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