Sisse Graum Jørgensen
| Sisse Graum Jørgensen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sisse Graum Jørgensen 8 May 1972 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Other names | Sisse Graum Olsen |
| Occupation | Producer, Producer at Zentropa |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Website | http://www.zentropa.dk |
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.
Jørgensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where she also received her Bachelor (HA) degree at the Danish Business School Handels højskolen.
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 career 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.
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