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Simon Sears was born on 25 January 1984 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Shadow and Bone (2021), Enforcement (2020) and Ride Upon the Storm (2017).

Morten Hee Andersen was born on 22 May 1991 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Ride Upon the Storm (2017), The Promised Land (2023) and Deliver Us (2019).

Peder Thomas Pedersen is a film composer and actor known for Gramsespektrum, Breaking Bad and Comeback(2015). He began as a member of the producer collective The Prunes which has worked with such names as Beastie Boys, The Roots, Dj Vadim and Malk De Koijn.

In 2007 he released an award winning solo album (on renowned label Ubiquity Records)and has composed music for various films and commercials.

As an actor he has worked on many different projects and created legendary comedy show Gramsespektrum with Simon Bonde in 1998.

Sarah Boberg was born on 25 August 1966 in Roskilde, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Worlds Apart (2008), What No One Knows (2008) and Rastløs (2015).

Ole Christian "OC" Madsen is from the "Golden Year" of the Danish Filmschool, including director's like Thomas Vinterberg and Per Fly. Ole Christian Madsen started out directing television series, but moved on to his first feature Sinans Wedding in 1997, followed by highly acclaimed second feature Pizza King (1998) - both films dealt with 2nd generation emigrant issues, and became the first of their kind approaching this subject in Denmark. OC moved on to the highly profiled miniseries "Edderkoppen", a film-noir vision of post-war Copenhagen in 1949, an elegant romantic gangster-flick. The seriel is still one of it's kind in Denmark, and became immensely popular. Award-winning breakthrough arised with "En Kaerlighedshistorie". Besides taking home international awards, it swept the national Bodil, and Robert-awards in 2002. With the adaptation of his good friend Jakob Ejersbo's Nordkraft, he made his first hit movie. One year later he wrote and directed Prag. And another year after came the 2WW resistance drama Flame & Citron. It became the biggest box-office hit in 10 years - and the most expensive danish-languaged movie ever. In 2010 "OC" shot his latest film Superclasico in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will premiere in Copenhagen March 2011.

Anders Brink Madsen was born on 30 September 1975 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Out of Tune (2019), Sunday (2019) and Doggystyle (2018).

Marie Louise Wille was born on 18 February 1970 in Roskilde, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Daisy Diamond (2007), Chosen (2022) and Sommer (2008). She has been married to Thomas Bang since 2008.

Inge Lise Goltermann was born on 5 October 1970 in Roskilde, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Ditte & Louise (2018), A Fortunate Man (2018) and Domino (2019).

Benny Hansen was born on 22 February 1944 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Matador (1978), The Kingdom (1994) and Taxi (1997). He died on 27 August 1998.

Frederik Winther Rasmussen was born on 14 December 1998 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor and producer, known for Another Round (2020), Rita (2012) and Bare tjue (2016).

Hans Fabian Wullenweber, a Danish director, graduated from the Danish Film School in 1997 with the exam project Drengen i himlen (1997). In 2002, he broke through in the commercial market with the charming A Death Sentence (2002), earning an award at the film festival in Berlin as well as the Natsværmer Award of the Danish Natfilm Festival.

Ina Bruhn was born on 12 October 1971 in Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark. She is a writer, known for Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019), Okkupert (2015) and Juleønsket (2015).

Nicolas Barbano is a Danish critic, journalist, producer and sometimes director specializing in genre films.

Born in 1963, he started writing articles and reviews for a local newspaper at age 15, soon making a mark as Denmark's first film critic specializing in science fiction, horror and fantasy cinema.

In 1994, while studying film and media at the University of Copenhagen (graduating at BA level), he also started researching adult cinema, then a poorly covered subject in serious film studies. He later served as board member and curator at Museum Erotica in central Copenhagen.

Among his other fields of interest are animation, mythology and film music.

He has served as a member of the FIPRESCI juries in Annecy and Ghent.

As a filmmaker, he has contributed to various projects in a number of capacities, including actor, producer, writer, director, composer and publicist.

He has written non-fiction books on science fiction, popular mythology and adult cinema, and contributed to countless periodicals and publications, including the National Danish Encyclopedia (Den Store Danske Encyklopædi), a music encyclopedia (Gad's Musikleksikon) and a film encyclopedia (Gyldendals Filmleksikon).

Nicolas Barbano was one of the main participants in the first wave of Danish fanzine-publications, and has also contributed to the American genre film publications Famous Monsters of Filmland, Little Shoppe of Horrors and Video Watchdog.

He started and edited the magazine Tracking (1983-85), Denmark's first magazine about films on video, where he wrote the first Danish article on David Cronenberg (he was the only Danish critic to review Cronenberg's Rabid (1977) at the time of its release, and later co-arranged a series of Cronenberg-films at the Danish Film Museum).

Furthermore, Nicolas Barbano has written for Danish film magazines such as Filmnyt, Inquirer, Kosmorama, Levende Billeder, Mifune and Ekko, and for national newspapers such as Berlingske Tidende, B.T., Ekstra Bladet, Det Fri Aktuelt and Politiken.

In 1996-2001 he was a regular freelance writer for the daily paper Ekstra Bladet, contributing countless reviews, articles, interviews etc. At Ekstra Bladet, he started and wrote a weekly video review column (the first in a Danish newspaper), stirring up controversy by also reviewing adult films, and later also a monthly column on film music.

In 1989-93 he was writer (and sometimes co-director) for the long-running children's TV-program Troldspejlet (1989), where he created specials on vampires, werewolves etc. (he also coined the program's title, "Troldspejlet").

Additionally, he has conducted interviews etc. for TV-programs such as Bogart (1985) and Puls (1995), and in 2000 he showed up as writer, director, producer and host of his own TV-series Marilyn (2000), a wicked satire of Ole Michelsen's popular film review program Bogart (1985).

In 1996, Nicolas Barbano initiated and organized the film festival Animani 96, which uniquely combined all types of animation, and attracted several Oscar-winning filmmakers.

Among his short films are the occult thriller Adam Hart i Sahara (1990) and the ghost story Enken (1990), both of which he produced and directed.

In 2001, in collaboration with Lars von Trier's film studio Zentropa, he founded the production company Innocent Pictures, where he produced the educational DVD Femi-X and Beyond (2004), which he also wrote and directed, and the best-selling feature film All About Anna (2005), an erotic/romantic comedy which won a Scandinavian Adult Award as Best Couples Film and was nominated for four AVN Awards, including Best Foreign Feature. Before it closed in early 2011, Innocent Pictures also owned the television station IPTV, broadcasting shows and films on Kanal 23 (Kanal København).

On occasion, Nicolas Barbano has worked as studio cameraman on various television shows, and as behind-the-scenes journalist, still photographer and unit publicist on various short and feature film projects.

Books written by Nicolas Barbano include 'Star Trek' (1990), 'Mysteriet om varulven' (1991), 'Bogen om Frankenstein' (1993) and 'Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner' (2000).

He co-authored 'Stærk mand i Hollywood' (2007), the autobiography of Danish actor and stuntman Sven-Ole Thorsen.

Books translated by Nicolas Barbano include 'Special Effects in Film and Television' (1998), 'Star Wars: Visual Dictionary' (1998) and 'Star Wars: The Power of Myth' (2000). He has edited the short-story collection 'Ulvens arv og andre noveller' (1984) and the non-fiction book 'Mumier fra hele verden' (1994).

Willy Rathnov was born on 13 May 1937 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Huset på Christianshavn (1970), Our Home Is Our Castle (1971) and Along Came a Soldier (1969). He died on 29 August 1999 in Denmark.

Martin Jensen was born on 16 June 1972 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Atonement (2007), The Imitation Game (2014) and The King's Speech (2010).

Jørgen Beck was born on 13 December 1914 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Huset på Christianshavn (1970), Man elsker kun en gang (1945) and The Man Who Thought Life (1969). He died on 5 October 1991 in Denmark.

Anders Schoubye was born on 12 September 1978 in Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Operation Cobra (1995), Dance of the Polar Bears (1990) and Hjem til fem (1995).

Lise Nørgaard was born on 14 June 1917 in Roskilde, Denmark. She was a writer and actress, known for Matador (1978), Een stor familie (1982) and Just a Girl (1995). She died on 1 January 2023.

Thomas Sabinsky was born on 6 December 1976 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an editor, known for After the Wedding (2006), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and Rampage (2009).

Thomas Norgreen Nielsen was born on 8 July 1999 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an actor, known for Bølle Bob - Alle tiders helt (2010), Ludvig & Santa Claus (2011) and Hjørdis (2015).

Troels Munk was born on 25 July 1925 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Pelle the Conqueror (1987), Bryggeren (1996) and Suzanne og Leonard (1984). He was married to Jytte Enselmann. He died on 29 August 2016.

Niels Nørløv Hansen was born on 28 February 1973 in Roskilde, Denmark. He is an assistant director and director, known for The Reunion (2011), Den som dræber (2011) and Anja og Viktor - Brændende Kærlighed (2007).

Kasper Wind is a Danish citizen raised in Herfoelge south of Copenhagen Denmark. In 2005 - 2006 he studied at Copenhagen Film and Photography School, focusing on cinematography. Afterwards he took up work in the Danish film industry within the camera and lighting department. In 2009 he was accepted as a cinematography student at The National Film and Television School in UK. Kasper Wind successfully completed the course in 2012 and is a Cinematography Graduate from the National Film and TV School. He's based in Europe and has worked successfully on both narrative projects and commercials.

Hanne Mynster was born on 15 April 1933 in Roskilde, Denmark. She is a producer and writer, known for Gæt & grimasser (1983), Café - en time (1983) and Hvorfor er jeg mig (1971).

Katrine Vogelsang was born on 2 November 1977 in Roskilde, Denmark. She is a producer and production manager, known for Adam's Apples (2005), Department Q: The Absent One (2014) and A Fortunate Man (2018).