Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Jens Jørgen Thorsen (* February 2, 1932 in Holstebro, Denmark, † 15 November 2000 Waaxtorp, Sweden) was a Danish painter and illustrator and film director and screenwriter.

Biography

After a year studying architecture Thorsen began an artistic career as a painter. From 1951 to 1956 he studied art and was incidentally a bricklayer's apprentice. He was also a jazz musician and co-founder of Papa Bue 's Viking Jazz Band. From 1954 to 1963 he was cultural and artistic staff of the Social Democrats, as well as art critic for the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. Thorsen also designed for some Danish publications appropriate illustrations and wrote himself as an author on topics in the field of art books. In 1970 he produced his first feature film Quiet Days in Clichy, an adaptation of the novel by Henry Miller. In 1971, he wanted to produce a film about Jesus, but because of what Blasphemievorwürfen led to violent protests. Only in 1992 he realized a Jesus film, but did not achieve significance ..

After his death he was buried in the cemetery Assistance ( Assisting Kirkegård ) in Copenhagen's Nørrebro.

Prices

Filmography

As an actor

As a director

As Writer

Bibliography

• Situationister; Book illustrations with Scandinavian situations Ambrose Fjord & Patric O'Brien, 1970.
• Thorsen Jesus film; unabridged translation into Danish, manuscript for the first Jesus film ( translation from the English original screenplay: The love affairs of Jesus Christ ). , Copenhagen 1975 Borgen, 175 pp., ISBN 87-418-3524-7
• He Friheden ikke til salg; Summarized positions and essays under a prohibition. Collected articles, Copenhagen 1980. Bogan, 192 pp., ISBN 87-87533-54-5
• Hans Henrik Lerfeldt; Picture book for the artist Hans Henrik Lerfeldt, 1981. Gallery Asbæk
• Brændende blade; Picture book to the artist Wilhelm Freddie, 1982 Rungsted Kyst -. Unlike Nyborg, 58 S.
• Aagaard Andersen; Picture book for the artist Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, together with Per Mollerup, 1985. Statens museum for art m.fl,
• Modernisme i dansk painter art, book illustrations zumoderner Danish art, 1987. Fogtdal, 351s, ISBN 87-7248-023-8
• Manifest etc.; transcribed and later published on the Internet by the Copenhagen Free University's " Situationistisk Arkiv " to the years of 1962-1974.