Nationality Danish Years active 1991-present Spouse Ulrik Jørgensen | Other names Sisse Graum Olsen | |
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Full Name Sisse Graum Jørgensen Born 8 May 1972 (age 44) ( 1972-05-08 ) Copenhagen, Denmark Occupation Producer, Producer at Zentropa Education Copenhagen Business School Awards Robert Award for Best Danish Film Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film Movies The Hunt, The Commune, In a Better World, A Royal Affair, Love Is All You Need Similar Morten Kaufmann, Thomas Vinterberg, Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier, Pernille Bech Christensen | ||
Sisse Graum Jørgensen (born 8 May 1972) is a Danish film producer and sits on the board of the film company Zentropa. Films she has produced include '”Hævnen” “Jagten” and “Dear Wendy”. She also sits in the advisory board for TrustNordisk, a Scandinavian international film distributor.
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Early life
Jørgensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where she also received her Bachelor (HA) degree at the Danish Business School Handels højskolen.
Career
In 2003 Graum Jørgensen became a member of the European Academy, which promotes European films and the film industry throughout the world.
Graum Jørgensen started her carrier making advertisements. In 1991 she worked on her first movie for Zentropa Productions APS as a production trainee and assistant producer for the co founder Peter Aalbæk Jensen. Ten years later she debuted as a producer with Niels Arden Opleys movie "Chop Chop" (Fogsvansen 2001).
Graum Jørgensen worked with Danish directors Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, and, beginning in 2002, with Susanne Brier. The first movie they worked on was Biers ”Open Hearts”(Elsker dig for evigt 2002) and Jørgensen was the co producer. After this she and Brier worked together in several movies and she produced “Brothers” (Brødre 2004), ”After the Wedding”(Efter brylluppet 2006) that was nominated for an Oscar. They also made Golden Globe, Oscar and EFA-winner "In a Better World" (Hævnen 2010). Their last collaborations was “Love is all you need” (Den skaldede frisør 2012) written by Anders Thomas Jensen and Susanne Bier and a post production drama "A second chance" (En chance til) will premier in 2015.
In 2006 she helped to organize a film initiative called "Advance Party", designed to promote the film industry in Scotland.
Personal
Graum Jørgensen is married to Ulrik Jørgensen and have four children.
Awards and Nominations
Sisse Graum Jørgensen has produced many award winning motion pictures. “The Hunt” (Jagten 2012) directed by Thomas Vinterber was nominated at the 2014 Oscar and Golden Globe for the best foreign film, as well as 29 awards and 37 nominations, including British independent Film Award 2012 (Best international independent film), and European film awards where they won for best screenwriter and nominated in four other categories, including Best Film. Other nominated and winning films are "En Famillie" (2010),"Red Road" (2006), "Perfect Sense" (2011).
European Film Promotion chose Jørgensen as their "Producer on the Move" in 2003. Screen International wrote about her in their "Talent to Watch" and Variety´s Cannes chose her as one of "10 Producers to Watch". In 2013 she won the Erik Ballings Rejselegat Prize handed out by the Nordic Film Council together with her co worker at Zentropa, Louise Vesth.