Name
Jørgen Leth
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1937-06-14
Deathday
2025-09-29 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Århus, Denmark
Biography
Jørgen Leth was a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his epic documentary A Sunday in Hell and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human. He is also a sports commentator for Danish television and is represented by the film production company, Sunset Productions.
Known For
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In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Hum...
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As a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indee...
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The film has been ten years in the making, and over time it has grown to become what the d...
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Mona, a single girl in her thirties, leads a life filled with adventure and romance. In he...
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A chronology of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, ...
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An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotli...
- 2003 The Five Obstructions as Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
- 1968 The Perfect Human as Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- 1982 66 Scenes from America as Self
- 2010 The Erotic Man as Himself
- 2005 Aarhus as Self
- 2007 Sanselighedens pris
- 2010 Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life as Self
- 2015 Født til Filmen as Himself
- 2009 ABCinema
- 1975 Good and Evil as Narrator
- 2018 Jørgen Leth & Co.: Vi Sidder Bare Her as Self
- 2020 Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth as Himself
- 2020 I Walk as himself
- 2006 Freedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space as Narrator
- 2013 Laamb as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 Corona Film Club as Self
- 1994 Fra hjertet til hånden as Himself
- 2010 Klown as Jørgen Leth
- 2001 Mona's World as Smoking Voice
- 2003 Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba as Voice-Over / Self
- 2018 Hos Hans ( 1 episode ) as Sig selv
- 2008 Spise med Price ( 2 episodes ) as Fortæller
- 2021 Leth og Pilgaard indtager Danmark ( 6 episodes ) as Jørgen
- 2016 Mit Spanien ( 11 episodes ) as Jørgen
- 2015 Mit Frankrig ( 12 episodes ) as Jørgen
- 2020 Det sidste ord ( 1 episode ) as Sig selv
- 1987 Ronnie Rosé si'r helt go'nat ( 3 episodes ) as Forskellige roller
