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Jørgen Leth

Director | Writer | Actor

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1989-2005 & 2009-2012: Cycling commentator each summer when TV 2/Danmark broadcasts Tour de France. See more trivia »

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in Århus, Denmark
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Hide HideDirector (43 titles)
2010 The Erotic Man
 
2009 Det meste af tiden (short)
 
2005 Aarhus (documentary short)
 
2003 The Five Obstructions (documentary) (segment "The Perfect Human: Avedøre, Denmark" - uncredited / segment "The Perfect Human: Bombay" - uncredited / segment "The Perfect Human: Brunelles Brussels" - uncredited / segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon" - uncredited / segment "The Perfect Human: Cuba" - uncredited)
 
2003 New Scenes from America (documentary short)
 
2002 Dreamers (documentary)
 
1999 I Am Alive (documentary short)
 
1996 Haiti. Untitled
 
1993 Michael Laudrup: A Football Player (documentary)
 
1992 Traberg (documentary)
 
1989 Notes on Love
 
1989 Danish Literature (documentary short)
 
1987 Composer Meets Quartet (video documentary short)
 
1986 Moments of Play (documentary)
 
1986 Notater fra Kina (documentary)
 
1983 Pelota (documentary)
 
1983 Haiti Express
 
1982 66 Scenes from America (documentary short)
 
1982 Step on Silence (documentary short)
 
1979 Dancing Bournonville (documentary)
 
1979 Kalule (documentary)
 
1979 A Midsummer's Play (TV movie)
 
1978 Peter Martins: A Dancer (documentary)
 
1976 A Sunday Day in Hell (documentary)
 
1975 Good and Evil (documentary)
 
1974 The Impossible Hour (documentary short)
 
1974 Klaus Rifbjerg (documentary short)
 
1974 The Stars and the Water Carriers
 
1973 Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (TV short)
 
1972 Life in Denmark (documentary)
 
1972 Chinese Ping-Pong (documentary short)
 
1970 Without Kin (segment "Interview med hippiepige")
 
1970 The Deer Garden: The Romantic Forest (documentary short)
 
1970 The Search (short)
 
1970 Motion Picture (short)
 
1970 Teatret i de grønne bjerge (documentary short)
 
1969 The Deer Garden (short)
 
1969 Jens Otto Krag (short)
 
1968 Near Heaven, Near Earth (documentary short)
 
1968 Ophelia's Flowers (short)
 
1967 The Perfect Human (short)
 
1964 Look Forward to a Time of Security (short)
 
1963 Stop for Bud (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (37 titles)
2010 The Erotic Man (written by)
 
2009 Det meste af tiden (short) (poem)
 
2005 Aarhus (documentary short)
 
2003 The Five Obstructions (documentary) (script / segment "The Perfect Human: Brunelles Brussels" / script / segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon" / segment "The Perfect Human: Bombay" - uncredited / segment "The Perfect Human: Cuba" - uncredited)
 
2003 New Scenes from America (documentary short) (writer)
 
2002 Dreamers (documentary)
 
2002 Bertelsen - de uaktuelle nyheder (TV series)
– Episode #1.9 (2002) (writer)
 
1999 I Am Alive (documentary short)
 
1996 Haiti. Untitled
 
1993 Michael Laudrup: A Football Player (documentary) (writer)
 
1992 Traberg (documentary)
 
1989 Notes on Love (writer)
 
1989 Danish Literature (documentary short) (writer)
 
1987 Composer Meets Quartet (video documentary short)
 
1986 Notater fra Kina (documentary)
 
1986 Moments of Play (documentary)
 
1983 Pelota (documentary) (writer)
 
1983 Haiti Express (dialogue)
 
1982 Step on Silence (documentary short)
 
1979 Kalule (documentary) (writer)
 
1978 Peter Martins: A Dancer (documentary) (writer)
 
1976 A Sunday Day in Hell (documentary)
 
1975 Good and Evil (documentary)
 
1974 The Stars and the Water Carriers
 
1974 The Impossible Hour (documentary short)
 
1974 Klaus Rifbjerg (documentary short)
 
1973 Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (TV short) (poems)
 
1972 Life in Denmark (documentary)
 
1972 Chinese Ping-Pong (documentary short)
 
1970 Without Kin (segment "Interview med hippiepige")
 
1970 The Search (short)
 
1970 The Deer Garden: The Romantic Forest (documentary short)
 
1970 Motion Picture (short)
 
1968 Ophelia's Flowers (short) (writer)
 
1968 Near Heaven, Near Earth (documentary short) (writer)
 
1967 The Perfect Human (short)
 
1963 Stop for Bud (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (11 titles)
2010 Clown: The Movie
Jørgen Leth
 
2009 Det meste af tiden (short)
 
2003 The Five Obstructions (documentary)
Voice-over (from "Det perfekte menneske" 1967)/Himself - Director (segments "The Conversations")/Voice-over (segment "The Perfect Human: Cuba," segment "The Perfect Human: Bombay," segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon")/Himself -The Perfect Man - Voice-over (segment "The Perfect Human: Avedøre, Denmark") (also archive footage)
 
1993 Michael Laudrup: A Football Player (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Notes on Love
 
1986 Moments of Play (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1979 Kalule (documentary)
Narrator
 
1978 Peter Martins: A Dancer (documentary)
Narrator
 
1975 Good and Evil (documentary)
Speaker (voice)
 
1968 Near Heaven, Near Earth (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1967 The Perfect Human (short)
Speaker (voice)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2006 Ghosts of Cité Soleil (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1986 Moments of Play (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1978 Peter Martins: A Dancer (documentary) (producer)
 
1976 A Sunday Day in Hell (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1975 Good and Evil (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 The Impossible Hour (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1972 Life in Denmark (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1970 Motion Picture (short) (executive producer)
 
1970 Teatret i de grønne bjerge (documentary short) (producer)
 
1963 Stop for Bud (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (5 titles)
1976 A Sunday Day in Hell (documentary)
 
1970 Motion Picture (short)
 
1968 Near Heaven, Near Earth (documentary short)
 
1964 Look Forward to a Time of Security (short)
 
1963 Stop for Bud (short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
1996 Haiti. Untitled
 
1970 Teatret i de grønne bjerge (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
1975 Good and Evil (documentary)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1972 Chinese Ping-Pong (documentary short)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1968 Near Heaven, Near Earth (documentary short) (sound)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 Genau (massive thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (26 titles)
2011 Natholdet - med Anders Breinholt (TV series)
Himself - Co-host
– Jørgen Leth (2011) … Himself - Co-host
 
2011 Tekst-TV (TV series)
Himself - Reviewer
 
2010 Bag i Klovn - The Movie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2010 Go' aften Danmark (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 The Erotic Man
Himself
 
2010 Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Weightless: A Recording Session with Jakob Bro (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Aloha! (TV series)
Himself
– Jørgen Leth/Henrik Vibskov (2009) … Himself
 
2007-2009 Go' morgen Danmark (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Film Director
– Episode dated 3 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 2007 (2007) … Himself - Film Director
 
2008 Leth om Laudrup (video documentary short)
Himself (Interviewee)
 
2008 27 Scenes About Jorgen Leth (documentary)
 
2008 Wulffs Magasin (TV series)
Himself - Dagens Gæst
– Scorereplikker (2008) … Himself - Dagens Gæst
 
2007 Meyerheim (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.3 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Den 11. time (TV series)
Himself - Director
– Episode #1.37 (2007) … Himself - Director
 
2007 Historien bag kameraet (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director
 
2005-2006 Deadline (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Film Director
– Episode dated 27 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 2005 (2005) … Himself - Film Director
 
2006 Planet Voice (TV series)
Himself
– Med Jokeren på job (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Dagens Danmark (TV series)
Himself - Film Director
– Episode dated 4 October 2005 (2005) … Himself - Film Director
 
2005 Aarhus (documentary short)
 
2004 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
Author / Himself - Film Director
– Lou Reed - Transformer (2004) … Himself - Film Director/Author
 
2004 Viva (TV series)
Himself - Film Director
– Episode #6.10 (2004) … Himself - Film Director
 
2004 aHA! (TV series)
Himself
– Året 1967 (2004) … Himself
 
2002 Bertelsen - de uaktuelle nyheder (TV series)
Himself - Reporter
– Episode #1.9 (2002) … Himself - Reporter
 
1994 Heart and Soul (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (TV short)
Himself
 
1970 Without Kin
Himself - Interviewer (segment "Interview med hippiepige") (voice) (uncredited)
 

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The Five Obstructions -- About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967)
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Other Works:

1967: 'Lykken i Ingenmandsland' (Gyldendal, literal English title: 'Happiness in No Man's Land') See more »

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Trivia:

1989-2005 & 2009-2012: Cycling commentator each summer when TV 2/Danmark broadcasts Tour de France. See more »

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