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Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-06-14

Place of Birth

Århus, Denmark

Jørgen Leth

Biography

Jørgen Leth was a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his epic documentary A Sunday in Hell and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human. He is also a sports commentator for Danish television and is represented by the film production company, Sunset Productions.

Known for

Spise med Price

Spise med Price

The artistically streaked brothers James and Adam Price learned early on to LOVE food and both are right at home in the kitchen. In this series they alternate between working together and competing against each other as they take on each episode's theme of food. Some dishes are done the old fashioned way, some get a twist but all is done in a humorous atmosphere of good-natured bantering, teasing and story telling.

Mit Spanien

Mit Spanien

Mit Frankrig

Mit Frankrig

Hos Hans

Hos Hans

I Walk

I Walk

Documentary about Danish filmmaker, sports journalist and poet Jørgen Leth who struggles after surviving a major earthquake in Haiti.

Leth og Pilgaard indtager Danmark

Leth og Pilgaard indtager Danmark

Ronnie Rosé si'r helt go'nat

Ronnie Rosé si'r helt go'nat

In the first of three programmes, hosts Ronnie and Ronnie Michael Wikke and Steen Rasmussen restore viewers' zest for life and faith in life after a tough evening in front of the screen.

Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba

Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba

The first short film in Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions.

Laamb

Laamb

The rules are simple in Senegalese wrestling: First man down, loses. The sport derives from ritual manhood trials and has developed into a national sport with packed stadiums and huge prizes. Today, the fight is supplemented with bare knuckle boxing but without any protection. The 22­-year-­old cattle herder Ndoff has been chosen to compete in an annual talent event in Dakar, and faces a possible breakthrough as a pro wrestler. LAAMB is the story of a sport filled with myths and extreme voodoo rituals, and a modern tale about fighting one’s way out of poverty.

ABCinema

ABCinema

A documentary and series of interviews about the ABCinema movement/production group.

Det sidste ord

Det sidste ord

The Erotic Man

The Erotic Man

The film has been ten years in the making, and over time it has grown to become what the director himself has called an artistic testament. It is simultaneously his most personal and most provocative film. A film about growing older, about losing, about the special moments one remembers, and about the director's own circling around the essence of eroticism.

Fra hjertet til hånden

Fra hjertet til hånden

66 Scenes from America

66 Scenes from America

As a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indeed is what the film is. It consists of a series of lengthy shots of a tableau nature, each appearing to be a more or less random cross section of American reality, but which in total invoke a highly emblematic picture of the USA.

Corona Film Club

Corona Film Club

Documentary about filmmaker and film lover Stig Björkman during the pandemic year of 2020 when he stay in touch with his friends over his laptop.