Laurits Munch-Petersen
Laurits Munch-Petersen was born on Jul 19, 1973 in Denmark. Laurits Munch-Petersen's big-screen debut came with Janes drøm directed by Laurits Munch-Petersen in 1999. Laurits Munch-Petersen is known for Kurt directed by Laurits Munch-Petersen, David Dencik stars as and Laurits Munch-Petersen as . Laurits Munch-Petersen has got 27 awards and 34 nominations so far. The most recent award Laurits Munch-Petersen achieved is Ekko Shortlist Awards. The upcoming new movie Laurits Munch-Petersen plays is Ambulance which will be released on Apr 08, 2022.
Oscar-winning Danish director Laurits Munch-Petersen was born on the island of Bornholm and raised in Copenhagen. From an early age he started painting and drawing and believed to be a painter like his father. But he realized that this job was too lonely and imagined that film making would be like painting, just with people as colors. At age 15 he lived in Mexico for one year with his parents. This stay inspired him to go back 7 years later to shoot his first professional film "The Circle" (1996) in the desert of Oaxaca.At age 29 he won an Oscar for his film "Between Us" from The National Film School of Denmark. The year after he made first his feature film "Ambulance" (2005) for Nordisk Film and has since written and directed several feature films, documentaries and TV-series. He believes that fiction is staged fantasy and documentary is staged reality. Only subjective truth exists.In 2021 Laurits' debut feature film "Ambulance" is being remade by Hollywood director Michael Bay ("Armageddon", "Pearl Harbour", "Transformers") starring Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain", "Nightcrawler", "Nocturnal Animals").
Birthday
Jul 19, 1973Place of Birth
Denmark
Known For
Awards
27 wins & 34 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2022
writer
6.1 - 2021
director, writer
8.7 - 20188.7
- 20157.7
- 20055.4
- 2003
director, writer
7.0 - 2001
director, writer
9.0 - 1999
director, writer
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