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Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Born May 19, 1981 · Kalundborg, Denmark (age 45)

Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born May 19, 1981; Kalundborg) is a Danish filmmaker, most noted for his Oscar-nominated animated-documentary film Flee (2021). He debuted in 2006 with the acclaimed TV documentary Something About Halfdan, followed by a series of radio documentaries from around the world. He graduated from the Danish film school Super16 in 2010. His feature film debut Searching for Bill, a …

Known For

Flee

MovieDocumentaryAnimation

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

The Day After

The Day After · 2009

MovieDramaThriller

Andreas is warned by a mysterious stranger that his best friend Jannik is in danger. That's all he remembers from his night on the town last night. Was it something he dreamed? When the pieces start to fall into place, he realizes that everything he does is helping to facilitate his friends tragedy. with a circular approach to time, 'The Day After' plays with the idea of causality and the difficulties of accepting wrong doing.

Room 304

Room 304 · 2011

In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.

Searching for Bill

Searching for Bill · 2012

Searching for Bill

MovieDocumentary

Bob Maser has had his car and money stolen by a con man called Bill. The car is found in Detroit and Bob leaves his home and family to go and reclaim it. In the car he finds Bill's old notebook filled with names, phone numbers, addresses, odd drawings and texts. Bob decides to try to track Bill down to see justice happen.

What He Did

What He Did · 2015

MovieDocumentary

In 1988, emerging Danish playwright Jens Michael Schau killed his partner of 13 years, the acclaimed author Christian Kampmann, in a fit of jealous rage. The scandal gripped the nation as Schau pleaded guilty and accepted his prison sentence. Now released, Schau is a remorseful recluse who fears the gaze of friends he and Kampmann once shared. Under the weight of his conscience, he has never broken his silence about his horrifying act, until now.

Something About Halfdan

Something About Halfdan · 2006

Something About Halfdan

MovieDocumentary

A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on to success and the humorous nonsense verses that has made Rasmussen one of the most read authors in Denmark.

Dansker

Forced to leave his native Turkey after deserting the army, the main character James struggles to integrate in Denmark and turns to the criminal world.

House of Glass

House of Glass · 2010

MovieDramaThriller

Having left the secrets of a troubled past behind him, Peter has a new life ahead of him. He has a nice girlfriend and a good job working at a green house. But all this is threatened when Peter and his girlfriend meet a strange man at the supermarket and Peter's past slowly comes to light. Peter is forced to decide: should he hide is demons or should he open up and tell his girlfriend the truth?

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Flee

MovieDocumentaryAnimation

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

Director

The Day After

The Day After · 2009

MovieDramaThriller

Andreas is warned by a mysterious stranger that his best friend Jannik is in danger. That's all he remembers from his night on the town last night. Was it something he dreamed? When the pieces start to fall into place, he realizes that everything he does is helping to facilitate his friends tragedy. with a circular approach to time, 'The Day After' plays with the idea of causality and the difficulties of accepting wrong doing.

Director

Room 304

Room 304 · 2011

In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.

Assistant Director

Searching for Bill

Searching for Bill · 2012

Searching for Bill

MovieDocumentary

Bob Maser has had his car and money stolen by a con man called Bill. The car is found in Detroit and Bob leaves his home and family to go and reclaim it. In the car he finds Bill's old notebook filled with names, phone numbers, addresses, odd drawings and texts. Bob decides to try to track Bill down to see justice happen.

Director

What He Did

What He Did · 2015

MovieDocumentary

In 1988, emerging Danish playwright Jens Michael Schau killed his partner of 13 years, the acclaimed author Christian Kampmann, in a fit of jealous rage. The scandal gripped the nation as Schau pleaded guilty and accepted his prison sentence. Now released, Schau is a remorseful recluse who fears the gaze of friends he and Kampmann once shared. Under the weight of his conscience, he has never broken his silence about his horrifying act, until now.

Writer

Something About Halfdan

Something About Halfdan · 2006

Something About Halfdan

MovieDocumentary

A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on to success and the humorous nonsense verses that has made Rasmussen one of the most read authors in Denmark.

Director

Dansker

Forced to leave his native Turkey after deserting the army, the main character James struggles to integrate in Denmark and turns to the criminal world.

Director

House of Glass

House of Glass · 2010

MovieDramaThriller

Having left the secrets of a troubled past behind him, Peter has a new life ahead of him. He has a nice girlfriend and a good job working at a green house. But all this is threatened when Peter and his girlfriend meet a strange man at the supermarket and Peter's past slowly comes to light. Peter is forced to decide: should he hide is demons or should he open up and tell his girlfriend the truth?

Director