Born in Vejle in 1910 and dying in Copenhagen in 1977, Lau Lauritzen Jr. was the son of the silent comedy director Lau Lauritzen Sr. He trained at studios in England, Germany, France and Belgium, and made his debut as director and actor in 1934. With Alice O'Fredericks he made 27 films, and in 1937 he co-founded the ASA Film company. With Bodil Ipsen he directed The Red Meadows (De røde enge, 1945), a resistance drama that shared the Palme d'Or in 1946. He directed 64 films, and shared four Bodil awards for best Danish film, a record until Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.
Filmography
- The True Face (1951)