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Filmmaker · Denmark

Bent Christensen

Died in 1992

Bent Christensen was born in 1929 in Gunderup, near Aalborg, the son of a pastor. A trainee journalist, he trained in the theatre in Copenhagen, made his stage debut in 1952, then moved into directing in 1958. A producer from 1962, he also ran the ASA studios and a cinema in the capital, co-wrote several television series with Leif Panduro, and headed the National Film School from 1970 to 1972. He then became a communications adviser, notably to political figures. He died in 1992.

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