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Finn Aabye | |
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| Born | 7 July 1935 Hellerup, Denmark |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
Finn Aabye (born 7 July 1935) is a Danish film producer. He was the former director of the Danish Film Institute.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Aabye began working in film in 1958 as a bookkeeper at Rialto Film, a company owned by Preben Philipsen. In 1961 he became a freelance production manager, and in 1962 he co-founded Bent Christensen Filmproduktion.[1]
During the 1960s he worked as producer on a number of Danish feature films, including and Sømænd og svigermødre (1962), and Kampen om Næsbygaard (1964) (1967).[3]
Aabye became director of the distributor ASA Filmudlejning, and later of the wider ASA group.[1] From 1976 to 1988 Aabye was director of the Danish Film Institute, succeeding Leif Feilberg. He was succeeded by Mona Jensen.[1]
Until 1998 he was director of Saga Video and Prisme Film, which produced short films for Statens Filmcentral and television.[1] His later production credits include the documentaries Babylon i Brøndby (1996), Rejsen med Mai (1997) and Ib Schønberg (2000).[3][4]
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Harry og kammertjeneren | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1962 | Sømænd og svigermødre | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1962 | Weekend | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1962 | Svinedrengen og Prinsessen på ærten | Production manager | Short film |
| 1963 | Støvsugerbanden | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1964 | To | Producer | Feature film |
| 1964 | Kampen om Næsbygaard | Producer | Feature film |
| 1966 | Krybskytterne på Næsbygaard | Producer | Feature film |
| 1966 | Ih, du forbarmende! | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1967 | Brødrene på Uglegaarden | Production manager | Feature film |
| 1996 | Babylon i Brøndby | Producer | Documentary; produced by Saga Video & Kortfilm |
| 1997 | Rejsen med Mai | Producer | Documentary |
| 2000 | Ib Schønberg | Producer | Documentary about actor Ib Schønberg |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Historien bag kameraet | Himself | Television documentary |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Finn Aabye". Danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Filmfolk fralægger sig ansvaret for overgreb på mindreårige skuespillere". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- 1 2 "Finn Aabye". Det Danske Filminstitut – Filmdatabasen (in Danish). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Babylon i Brøndby". Danmark på film (in Danish). Det Danske Filminstitut. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
External links
[edit]- Finn Aabye at IMDb
- Finn Aabye in the Danish Film Database
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