Anders Thomas Jensen

Successful Danish screenwriter and film-maker, Anders Thomas Jensen, has written screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters from the end of the 90’s onwards.  Most recently he wrote the screenplay for action-comedy At World’s End, directed by Tomas Villum Jensen, and The New Tenants which won an Oscar for the Best Short Live Action Film at the Academy Awards in 2010.

Anders was one of three writers on historical biopic The Duchess (2008) starring Keira Knightley. He co-wrote Brothers (2009) starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey McGuire and penned the screenplay for popular Danish drama After The Wedding. Other writing credits include Mifune’s Last Song, In China They Eat Dogs, the Dogme film The King is Alive, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt among many others.

Jensen won his first Oscar for his comedy short Election Night in 1998 which he co-directed with Tomas Villum Jensen. He then directed three other feature films; box office success Flickering Lights (2000), The Green Butchers (2003) and Adam’s Apples (2005).