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BENJAMIN HOLMSTEEN

Le Réalisateur

About Me


Film director.
1973 Benjamin was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 1st
1983 Began still photography
1993 First documentary.
1999 First fictional film.
Benjamin Holmsteen began taking photos at the age of ten, and at twenty began working in TV as a director and cinematographer, working for numerous film production companies.
Benjamin is a self-taught film director.
Winner of the Danish Film Academy Award.
Filmography:
2008 Sable Noir 2 - Les Âmes Meurtries (Cartel Prod./Canal+, France)
2005 Lille Lise (Little Lise/Petite Lise) (The Capricorn Experience, Dk)
2004-2006 Commercials
2003 Behind the scenes "Between us"
2002 A Piano Tale
2001 1,7
1999 Straeberen (The Striver)
1993 P4 i P1 documentary.
Info at Internet Movie Data base: IMDb

More info and photo galleries at www.holmsteen.dk
More videos/trailers at Youtube.com
Agent: Douchka - email
Agence Artistique Brigitte Descormiers
53, rue Saint Paul; 75004 Paris; France
All pictures - apart from most of the film sets and the ones I appear in myself - taken by me. Most of the film sets by Simon R. Hilden:
Now and then I receive requests here on myspace regarding directing screenplays etc. In this case I urge you to contact me via a film production company and my agent. Contact info above. Thank you.
My latest production: LES ÂMES MEURTRIES (Battered Souls):
Photos de Isabelle Chene-Dubois:

My Interests

Filmmaking, ballet etc.

I'd like to meet:

Wolfgang Amade Mozart. The greatest genious of all time. This artist has been my favourite idol since I was 13 years old. He still is.

Music:

Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Tori Amos, many classical composers and many more.

Søren Hyldgaard: Les Âmes Meurtries - final scene (Czech Philharmonic, Prague):

Television:

News, films, Matador

(legendary Danish tv-series),
Foyle's War:

(Excellent and well written.)
and

Little Britain

Heroes:

Pippi Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter LÃ¥ngstrump = Pippi Longstocking (The original Swedish one!)

and

Winston Churchill.

(Both passionate freedom-fighters.)

My Blog

Luc Besson's "Dog Productions"

.. Benjamin Holmsteenhas been signet at Luc Besson's commercial company in Paris http://www.dogproductions.fr - under "young directors" (is still allowed to work for others, though). :o)...
Posted by BENJAMIN HOLMSTEEN on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:51:00 PST

En sjov oplevelse forleden...

Forleden mødte jeg en masse glade mennesker på Nørrebrogade, som viftede med sorte flag. Det var en Hist tut tapir demonstration, fik jeg at vide. De råbte alle sammen i kor: "Jørgen er stor! Jørgen e...
Posted by BENJAMIN HOLMSTEEN on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:04:00 PST