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Eigil Jacobsen

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Eigil Jacobsen was born on 11 July 1958 in Frederikssund, Denmark. He is an assistant director and cinematographer, known for The Celebration (1998), When Animals Dream (2014) and Skytten (1977).
BornJuly 11, 1958
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    • Known for

    Thomas Bo Larsen, Henning Moritzen, Paprika Steen, and Ulrich Thomsen in The Celebration (1998)
    The Celebration
    8.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Eigil Jakobsen)
    • 1998
    When Animals Dream (2014)
    When Animals Dream
    5.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2014
    Skytten (1977)
    Skytten
    6.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1977
    Miraklet i Valby (1989)
    Miraklet i Valby
    5.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1989

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Murder in the Dark
      • first assistant director: development
      • Filming
      • TV Mini Series
    • Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, and Troels Lyby in Class Reunion 4: Friends for Life (2026)
      Class Reunion 4: Friends for Life
      5.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Jette Søndergaard in Home Sweet Home (2025)
      Home Sweet Home
      7.5
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Baby Fever (2022)
      Baby Fever
      6.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Paranoia (2024)
      Paranoia
      4.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Lasse Peter Larsen and Pilou Asbæk in Before It Ends (2023)
      Before It Ends
      7.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • A Beautiful Life (2023)
      A Beautiful Life
      6.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Peter Gantzler, Caroline Henderson, Claus Riis Østergaard, Sara Fanta Traore, Christopher Læssø, Tyler Errol Murray, Anna Neye, and Jesper Groth in Empire (2023)
      Empire
      6.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Pretty Young Thing (2022)
      Pretty Young Thing
      5.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Forever (2022)
      Forever
      7.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Kamikaze (2021)
      Kamikaze
      6.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Buster's World (2021)
      Buster's World
      5.6
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Far til fire & vikingerne (2020)
      Far til fire & vikingerne
      3.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Cecilia Loffredo, Saxo Moltke-Leth, Roland Møller, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, and Reza Forghani in Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019)
      Valhalla: The Legend of Thor
      5.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Stephania Potalivo, Lærke Winther, and Mille Dinesen in Hunting Season (2019)
      Hunting Season
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Exit Plan (2019)
      Exit Plan
      5.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2019

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Stævnemødet
      6.7
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 1998
    • Credo (1997)
      Credo
      4.3
      • assistant camera
      • 1997
    • Wild Flowers (1997)
      Wild Flowers
      5.5
      • first assistant camera
      • 1997
    • The Biggest Heroes (1996)
      The Biggest Heroes
      6.6
      • first assistant camera
      • 1996
    • Sune Otterstrøm and Charlotte Sieling in Elsker elsker ikke... (1995)
      Elsker elsker ikke...
      5.3
      • first assistant camera
      • 1995
    • Michael Laudrup - en fodboldspiller (1993)
      Michael Laudrup - en fodboldspiller
      6.7
      • assistant camera
      • 1993
    • Roser og persille (1993)
      Roser og persille
      5.9
      • first assistant camera
      • 1993
    • Crumb at a Gallop (1992)
      Crumb at a Gallop
      5.6
      • first assistant camera
      • 1992
    • Udenrigskorrespondenten (1983)
      Traberg
      6.6
      • assistant camera
      • 1992
    • The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
      The Boys from St. Petri
      7.0
      • first assistant camera
      • 1991
    • Lukas Forchhammer, Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen, Laus Høybye, Dick Kaysø, Line Kruse, Karen-Lise Mynster, and Peter Schrøder in The Crumbs (1991)
      The Crumbs
      6.1
      • first assistant camera
      • 1991
    • Giselle
      6.4
      • first assistant camera
      • 1991
    • Strømerliv
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • 1990
    • Miraklet i Valby (1989)
      Miraklet i Valby
      5.8
      • first assistant camera
      • 1989
    • Lykken er en underlig fisk (1989)
      Lykken er en underlig fisk
      5.0
      • assistant camera: second unit
      • 1989

    Cinematographer

    • Niels Alsing, Ewa Carlsson, Henning Jensen, and Claus Strandberg in Jane Horney (1985)
      Jane Horney
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1985
    • Hans Hartvig Seedorff in Portrætsamtale: Digter fødes man som (1985)
      Portrætsamtale: Digter fødes man som
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 1985

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Eigil Jakobsen
    • Born
      • July 11, 1958
      • Frederikssund, Denmark

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