“Reality is a question of faith”

Born 1950 in Denmark. Graduated from The Danish Film School in 1976. Worked as a writer, director, performer with the groundbreaking Danish theatre group "Solvognen" from 1971 to 1978. Has published poetry, essays and a novel apart from his main profession of writing, directing and producing movies.

• Stupid Sara (1973)
• The Santa Claus Action (1975)
• White Man’s Seed (1975)
• The Lighthouse (1975)
• Jenny (1977)
• A Fisherman in Hanstholm (1977)
• A Rich Man (1979)
• Next Stop Paradise (1980)
• Hotel of the Stars (1981)
• The Amateur Photographer’s Son (1984)
• Phoenix Bird (1984)
• Before the Guests Arrive (1984)
• Ofelia Comes to Town (1985)
• First I Wanted to Find the Truth (1987)
• Baby Doll (1988)
• Time Out (1988)
• Ich bin auch ein Berliner (1990)
• Yesterday’s Heroes (1990)
• Life Will Be Lived (1994)
• Carmen & Babyface (1995)
• It is Now or Never (1996)
• My Irish Diary (1996)
• How to Invent Reality (1996)
• Strange Fruit (1996)
• Addicted to Solitude (1999)
• My South African Diary (1999)
• Return to Sender (2000)
• Portrait of God (2001)
• Zuma the Puma (2002)
• Confessions of an Old Teddy (2003)
• Blinded Angels (2006)
• Purity Beats Everything (2007)
• Just the Right Amount of Violence (2013)
• Cats in Riga (2015)
• Déjà Vu (2016)
• I Am Because You Are (2017)
• The Banality of Grief (2020)