Let Nielsen

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Lasse Nielsen (born April 15, 1950 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish director and screenwriter . He is known as a representative of the Danish film of the 1970s. His coming-of-age films revolve around the themes of first love and awakening desire in adolescence, as well as homosexuality .

Life

Lasse Nielsen and his twin brother Carsten Nielsen were born on April 15, 1950 in Copenhagen. His cinematic work began after the founding of the Danish Film Institute in 1972, which sponsored many of his early projects. Steen Herdel is responsible as the producer for his three films from the 1970s .

Together with his brother, Nielsen wrote the scripts for the two feature films Let's Make (1975) and Could We Maybe (1976). From his third feature film You Are Not Alone (1978) up to and including the short film The Game ( post-production in 2017 ), Nielsen has worked with screenwriter Bent Petersen . He also did the directing work in collaboration ; with Ernst Johansen 1975 and 1978 and with Morten Arnfred 1976.

Nielsen also has a long-term partnership for film music. The singer, guitarist and composer Knud Torben Christensen , who only calls himself Sebastian , wrote the music for Could we Maybe as early as 1976 . 40 years later, his song Når lyset bryder Fremd provides the soundtrack for the 14-minute short film The Kite .

In his feature film The Story of Net , released on video in 2010 , Lasse Nielsen can be seen in a supporting role as Mr. Kim .

Lasse Nielsen runs his own YouTube channel and blog .

Movies

  • 1975: Let's do it (La 'os være / Leave Us Alone)
  • 1976: Could We Maybe (Måske ku 'vi)
  • 1978: You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene)
  • 2010: The Story of Net
  • 2010: Lek and the Waterboy
  • 2013: Happy Birthday
  • 2016: The Kite (Dragen)

Competitions and special shows

Lasse Nielsen's films can be seen at many smaller film festivals in the LGBT environment. A selection:

  • Leave us alone (La 'os være) had its German premiere in the competition at the Berlinale 1975 . He didn't win an award.
  • You are not alone (Du er ikke alene) was in competition at the 1979 Chicago International Film Festival, where it had its US premiere. He didn't win an award.
  • The short film Happy Birthday had its world premiere at the Torino International LGBT Film Festival 2013. It was also part of the lineup of the CMG Short Film Festival in Hollywood.
  • The short film The Kite was shown for the first time on November 16, 2016 at the Chéries-Chéris Festival in Paris, after it had its internet premiere in April 2016. He was also an official contribution to the Lovers Film Festival - Torino LGBTQI Visions 2015

Web links

Commons : Lasse Nielsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b IMDb on the short film The Kite (accessed November 7, 2017)
  2. ↑ IMDb on the feature film The Story of Net (accessed November 7, 2017)
  3. ↑ IMDb on the film Leave us alone (accessed November 7, 2017)
  4. ↑ IMDb for the Chicago International Film Festival 1979 (accessed November 7, 2017)
  5. ↑ IMDb on the short film Happy Birthday (accessed November 7, 2017)
  6. ↑ cmgfilmfest.net website of the CMG Short Film Festival (accessed November 10, 2017)
  7. ↑ TGLFF 30 ° Interview with Lasse Nielsen on the YouTube channel of the Lovers Film Festival - Torino LGBTQI Visions on May 6, 2015 (accessed on November 10, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Lasse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen