Director

Astrid Henning-Jensen

Directing

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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17

TMDB ID: 1045284

IMDb ID: nm0377433

Known for: Directing

Born: December 10, 1914

Died: January 5, 2002

Age: 87

Place of birth: Frederiksberg, Denmark

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1946 - 1996

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q460582

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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 was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival and, in 1996, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

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