Andreas Johnsen | |
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Born | 1974 Copenhagen |
Occupation | Film maker |
Andreas Johnsen (born 1974 [1] ) is a Danish documentary director, producer, cinematographer. [2] He is best known for the film Ai Weiwei The Fake Case (2013), [3] [4] [5] [6] about the Chinese artist and activist's life and battle against charges placed against him by the Chinese government. Johnsen's films often look at social issues in many different parts of the world, [7] including Kidd Life (2012), [8] about the Danish rapper and YouTube star Nicholas Westwood Kidd, and Man Ooman (2008), [9] which looks at sex and gender relations in Jamaica through dancehall culture. In 2014, the Danish Film Critics Association granted him the Bodil Award for Best Documentary. [10] [11]
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Songs of Repression is a 2020 documentary film about the German colony Villa Baviera in Chile. The film premiered at 2020 the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, where it won the Politiken:Danish:Dox Award and the CPH:DOX Award.
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