Andreas Johnsen

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]

Andreas Johnsen
Born1974
Copenhagen
OccupationFilm maker

Documentary
  • Mr. Catra: The Faithful (2004)[12]
  • Inside Outside (2005)
  • Curtain Raising: Musicians in East Africa (2006)
  • Good Copy Bad Copy (2007)[13]
  • Natasja (2008)[14][15]
  • Man Ooman (2008)
  • Mord – as Andreas Rosforth Johnsen (2009)
  • A Kind of Paradise (2011)[16]
  • Kidd Life (2012)
  • Ai Weiwei The Fake Case (2013)
  • Bugs (2016)

Awards

References
  1. "Andreas Johnsen". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. "Jagten på dansk grafittikunst". www.b.dk. 3 September 2012.
  3. "I al hemmelighed: 'Kidd Life'-instruktør laver dokumentar om Ai Weiwei". politiken.dk.
  4. "Dansker laver film om Ai Weiwei". ekkofilm.dk.
  5. "Et liv med usynlige fjender". Information.
  6. "Ai Weiwei the Fake Case". ekkofilm.dk.
  7. Marques, João Diogo. "180 ID Andreas Johnsen". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. "Dansker er snublende tæt på at vinde dokumentarfilmenes svar på en Oscar". politiken.dk.
  9. "Røvgo' dokumentar". Information.
  10. Jan Dohrmann. "Bodil gik fra blæst til fest". dr.dk.
  11. "Jagten var bedst". ekkofilm.dk.
  12. "Andreas Johnsen". IMDB.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  13. "Copyright i krise". Information.
  14. "Natasja-dokumentar kommer på dvd". GAFFA.dk.
  15. "Tæt på Natasja". tvtid.tv2.dk.
  16. CPH:DOX. "CPH:DOX 2015: A Kind of Paradise". CPH:DOX.


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