Edward Fleming

Edward Fleming (born July 25, 1924 in Farum , † June 12, 1992 ) was a Danish film director , screenwriter and actor .

Career

Edward Fleming began his stage career under the name Flemming Møller as a dancer and singer in the Cirkusrevy . After he had been rejected from the acting school of the Royal Theater in 1950 , he traveled to Italy and worked in the following years (partly as Ed Fleming or Edoardo Flamming ) as a supporting actor in Italian, French and American films and as a dancer and actor in variety shows in Italy and France . He was the first dancer at the Lido in Paris for four years . He continued his work as a supporting actor in films in his home country from the 1960s onwards, where, for example, he played the stereotypical taciturn agent or bodyguard in several of the Olsen Gang's films , such as the “Black Baron” in The Olsen Gang Rises on the Roof .

However, Edward Fleming achieved fame primarily as a film director. In 1966, at the age of 42, he was accepted to study directing at the newly founded Danish Film School . In 1970 he directed his first feature film Og så er der bal bagefter , for which he had written the screenplay ten years earlier. In 1976 the film Den korte sommer , which he wrote, directed and produced, was awarded a Bodil for Best Danish Film . In 1978 he directed Lille spejl , the first Danish feature film with a homosexual main character.

Filmography

Director, writer and producer

• 1966: Magasin (short film; director)
• 1967: Hjemturen (short film; script and director)
• 1967: episode (short film; assistant director)
• 1968: Mystik om et knald på Amager (short film; script and director)
• 1969: The Olsen gang in a tight spot ( Olsen banden på spanden ; assistant director)
• 1970: Og så er der bal bagefter (script and direction)
• 1974: Nøglehullet (production manager)
• 1976: Lyse udsierter (TV film; director)
• 1976: Den korte sommer (script, direction and production)
• 1978: Lille spejl (script, direction and film editing)
• 1979: Rend mig i traditionerne (script and direction)
• 1980: Sparekassen (TV film; director)
• 1983: De uanstændige (script, direction, production and film editing)
• 1985: Den kroniske uskyld (script and direction)
• 1987: Sidste act (script, direction and production)
• 1988: Station 13 (TV series; director)

actor

• 1952: Trafficking in girls ( La tratta delle bianche )
• 1954: The woman from the river ( La donna del fiume )
• 1955: The great hope ( La grande speranza )
• 1957: The Merciless ( Les fanatiques )
• 1958: In the cloak of night ( Le désordre et la nuit )
• 1960: Robinson et le triporteur
• 1960: The Enemy General
• 1961: Le Sahara brûle
• 1963: eight and a half ( 8½ )
• 1965: caliber 7.65 - thieves greetings from Copenhagen ( Slå først, Frede )
• 1966: Slap af, Frede!
• 1968: The Olsen Gang ( Olsen Banden )
• 1969: Money for the second breakfast ( Tænk på et tal )
• 1969: The Olsen gang in a tight spot ( Olsen-banden på spanden )
• 1971: Med kærlig hilsen
• 1971: Guld til præriens skrappe drenge
• 1972: Man sku 'være noget ved musikken
• 1972: The Olsen gang and their big coup ( Olsen-bandens store kup )
• 1973: I Adams verden (TV movie)
• 1973: Mig og Mafiaen
• 1974: Skipper & Co.
• 1975: Sønnen from Vingården
• 1976: Hjerter he trumps
• 1976: The Olsen Gang sees red ( Olsen banden ser rødt )
• 1977: Troubadouren (TV movie)
• 1977: En by i provinsen (TV series; episode role)
• 1977: The Olsen Gang strikes again ( Olsen-banden deruda ' )
• 1977: Smertens børn
• 1978: Lille spejl
• 1978: Hør, var der ikke en som lo?
• 1978: The Olsen Gang climbs onto the roof ( Olsen-banden går i krig )
• 1979: Nedrykning (TV movie)
• 1979: The Olsen gang never surrenders ( Olsen-banden overgi'r sig aldrig )
• 1980: Strejferne (TV movie)
• 1981: The Olsen gang flies over all mountains ( Olsen-banden over alle bjerge )
• 1982: Pictures of Liberation ( Befrieselsbilleder )
• 1983: Rejseholdet (TV series; episode role)
• 1986: Ballerup Boulevard

Web links

• Edward Fleming in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Edward Fleming in the Dansk Film Database (Danish)
• Edward Fleming at Det Danske Film Institute (Danish)