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Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
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Born
14 August 1922
Died
13 September 1998
Place
Gilleleje, Danmark
Directing

Jørgen Roos

Jørgen Roos was a Danish documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, celebrated for his extensive work in documenting Greenlandic culture and the Arctic environment. He began his career in the 1940s and directed numerous documentaries that brought attention to the lives and traditions of Greenland's indigenous people. Roos's notable works include Nordatlantens folk (1956) and Angotee (1953), the latter winning the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His dedication to ethnographic filmmaking has been instrumental in preserving and showcasing Arctic cultures to a broader audience.

As director

Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen

1995 · Director

Andersen hos fotografen

1975 · Director
And Who but I Should Be

And Who but I Should Be

1970 · Director

Are you Greenlandic?

1970 · Director
17 minutes Greenland

17 minutes Greenland

1967 · Director
Carl Th. Dreyer

Carl Th. Dreyer

1966 · Director

Knud

1965 · Director
Oslofilm: Oslo

Oslofilm: Oslo

1964 · Director
Oslo

Oslo

1963 · Director
Danish Design

Danish Design

1961 · Director
A City Called Copenhagen

A City Called Copenhagen

1960 · Director
6-Day Race

6-Day Race

1958 · Director

The Flying Dane

1957 · Director
A Castle Within a Castle

A Castle Within a Castle

1954 · Director

The Streamlined Pig

1951 · Director

J.F. Willumsen

1951 · Director

Eaten Horizons

1950 · Director
Shakespeare og Kronborg

Shakespeare og Kronborg

1950 · Director
The Final Rejection of the Request for a Kiss

The Final Rejection of the Request for a Kiss

1949 · Director
Opus I

Opus I

1949 · Director
På besøg hos Kong Tingeling

På besøg hos Kong Tingeling

1947 · Director
Richard Mortensen's Motion Picture

Richard Mortensen's Motion Picture

1944 · Director
The Heart Thief

The Heart Thief

1943 · Director

Escape

1942 · Director

Mikkel

Director

Føroyar (The Faroe Islands)

Director

As actor

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

1995 · Interview Subject
Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!

Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!

1972
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer

Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer

1965 · Self

Eaten Horizons

1950 · Man Drinking (uncredited)