
Johan Jacobsen
Biography
Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968).
In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popular and critically acclaimed films for the film studio Palladium.
From 1947 on, he was an independent director and producer. He produced his own films and those of his partner Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016) at his own film studio, Flamingo.
In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960. It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965.
In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.
Acting (4 movies)
Directing (34 movies)

The Queen's Guardsman
1963

Under byens tage
1938

The Invisible Army
1945

Eight Chords
1944
Næste Gang er det dig
1948

Kongefilmen Frederik IX
1949

Som sendt fra himlen
1951

Mens sagføreren sover
1945

Baby paa eventyr
1942

De tre skolekammerater
1944

En lille tilfældighed
1939

The Blinded
1955

As You Want Me
1943

My Dear Wives
1943

Den store gav-tyv
1956

A Stranger Knocks
1959

Naalen
1951

Jenny and the Soldier
1947

Tobiasnætter
1941

Ballade i Nyhavn
1942

Letter from the Dead
1946

Far betaler
1946

Min kone er uskyldig
1950

Tag det som en mand
1941

Søskende
1966

3 years after
1948

Vi som går stjernevejen
1956
Da freden kom til Danmark
1945

I de gode gamle dage
1940

All this - and Iceland too
1951
Norden i flammer
1965
Skatteøens hemmelighed
1953
En dag i radioen
1950
Fremrykket møde
1964
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Jenny and the Soldier | 1947 | Producer | 
| Jenny and the Soldier | 1947 | Writer | 
| Næste Gang er det dig | 1948 | Producer | 
| En dag i radioen | 1950 | Producer | 
| Naalen | 1951 | Producer | 
| Som sendt fra himlen | 1951 | Producer | 
| Hvorfor stjæler barnet? | 1955 | Producer | 
| The Blinded | 1955 | Producer | 
| Be Dear to Me | 1957 | Producer | 
| Krudt og klunker | 1958 | Producer | 
| Frihedens pris | 1960 | Producer | 
| Sextet | 1963 | Producer | 
| Søskende | 1966 | Producer | 

