Anders Thomas Jensen
Still: Riders of JusticeAnders Thomas JENSEN (1972, Denmark) is a screenwriter and director. In high school he met Tomas Villum Jensen and together they made the short Ernst & the Light (1996), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action. Jensen’s second short film, Wolfgang (1997) was also nominated, and in 1999, he finally won the Academy Award with Election Night. In 2000 he made his first feature film, Flickering Lights. After Adam’s Apples (2005), he took a 10-year break from directing, before returning with Men & Chicken (2015). Riders of Justice (2020) is his fifth feature film. Jensen often collaborates with the actors Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
Filmography
Ernst og lyset/Ernst & the Light (1996, short, co-dir), Wolfgang (1997, short), Valgaften/Election Night (1999, short), Blinkende lygten/Flickering Lights (2000), De grønne slagtere/The Green Butchers (2003), Adams æbler/Adam’s Apples (2005), Mænd & høns/Men & Chicken (2015), Retfærdighedens ryttere/Riders of Justice (2020)
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Anders Thomas Jensen at IFFR
Brothers
110'
Denmark
IFFR 2005
Clash of Egos
91'
Denmark
IFFR 2007
Men & Chicken
104'
Denmark
IFFR 2016
Riders of Justice
Act of revenge devised by grumpy widower (Mads Mikkelsen) gets out of hand – with therapeutic consequences. Bittersweet, absurdist tragicomedy.
116'
Denmark
IFFR 2021