Knut Erik Jensen is a Norwegian film director

Film director

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, best known for his documentary Cool and Crazy. After studying French

French language

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, Russian

Russian language

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 and history, he attended the London Film School

London Film School

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. In 1978, he joined the staff of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), and has since then made documentaries and short films for NRK as well as independently. Jensen has also directed three feature films: Stella Polaris (1993),Burnt by Frost

Burnt by Frost

Burnt by Frost is a 1997 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Erik Jensen, starring Stig Henrik Hoff and Gørild Mauseth. Simon helps a group of Soviet partisans during World War II. After the war is over, he is recruited as a Soviet spy....

(1997) and Passing Darkness (2000).

In 2008 Jensen was made a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

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