Director

Ole John

Writing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 129774

IMDb ID: nm0424209

Known for: Writing

Born: October 15, 1939

Age: 86

Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 1996

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 6.55

Wikidata: Q35979475

Also known as

Ole John Povlsen

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Director (4)Director of Photography (4)Writer (2)"B" Camera Operator (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Ole John Povlsen is a Danish producer, director, and cinematographer. He was trained as a portrait photographer and graduated as a cinematographer from The National Film School of Denmark. He post-graduated from EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) 1992 and attended Cass Film Business School in London 2010. Throughout his film career, he has worked intensively on developing new talents in Danish Film. He was associate professor at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany 1971-75, head of the Danish Film Workshop 1977-84, chairman of the Danish Producers Association and on the board of the Danish Film Institute 1987-91. From 1994-98 he was director of New Danish Screen and from 1998-2009 he headed the producer education and was deputy director at the National Film School. From 2009-12 he developed and was project manager at Copenhagen Film Mentor.

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