Jørgen Roos
- Directing
- August 14, 1922 · Gilleleje, Danmark
- September 13, 1998
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier · Interview Subject
- Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen · Director, Writer
- Andersen hos fotografen · Director
- Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!
- And Who but I Should Be · Screenplay, Director
- Are you Greenlandic? · Editing, Director
- 17 minutes Greenland · Director
- Om ti minutter · Producer
- Carl Th. Dreyer · Director, Script
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer · Self
- Knud · Director, Writer
- Oslofilm: Oslo · Director, Cinematography
- Oslo · Director
- Danish Design · Editing, Director
- A City Called Copenhagen · Director
- 6-Day Race · Director
- The Flying Dane · Director, Editing
- Somethin' About Scandinavia - As Told by a Danish Boy · Editing
- A Castle Within a Castle · Cinematography, Director
- J.F. Willumsen · Director, Writer
- The Streamlined Pig · Director
- Eaten Horizons · Man Drinking (uncredited), Director
- Greenland For The Little Ones · Editing
- Shakespeare og Kronborg · Director
- The Final Rejection of the Request for a Kiss · Director
- Opus I · Director
- They Caught the Ferry · Editing, Cinematography
- På besøg hos Kong Tingeling · Director
- 1337 Mennesker · Cinematography
- Richard Mortensen's Motion Picture · Director
- 7 mill. HK – en film om Burmeister & Wain · Cinematography
- The Heart Thief · Cinematography, Director
- Escape · Director, Cinematography
- Mikkel · Director, Writer
- Føroyar (The Faroe Islands) · Director