Jørgen Leth

Jørgen Leth Born June 14 1937 In Århus Is A Danish Writer And Filmmaker. His First Book Was Published In 1962 And He Has Written Ten Volumes Of Poetry And Four Non-Fiction Books. Leth Made His First Film In 1963 And Has Since Made Forty Films Many Distributed Worldwide. His Most Acclaimed Work Is The 1967 Short Film The Perfect Human Which Was Recently Featured In The 2003 Film The Five Obstructions By Lars Von Trier. He Is Divorced And Has A Daughter And Three Sons. Leth Speaks Danish French And English. Leth Studied Literature And Anthropology In Aarhus And Copenhagen And He Was A Cultural Critic Jazz Theater Film For Leading Danish Newspapers From 1959 To 1968. He Travelled In Africa 1961 South America And India 1966 And Southeast Asia 1970-71 . He Was A Creative Consultant For The Danish Film Institute 1971-73 1975-77 As Well As Chairman Of The Board Of The Danish Film Institute 1977-82 . He Has Been A Professor At The National Film School In Copenhagen At The State Studiocenter In Oslo And He Has Lectured At UCLA Berkeley Harvard And Other American Universities. Leth Commentated On The Tour De France Annually On Danish TV 2 From 1988 Through 2005 As The Expert Commentator In A Partnership With Journalist Jørn Mader. Leth Was Let Go On October 7 2005 Due To Controversy Over His Autobiography Det Uperfekte Menneske “The Imperfect Human” . For Much Of The Year He Lives In Jacmel In Haiti. In 1999 Leth Was Appointed Denmark’s Honorary Consul To Haiti A Post Which He Renounced On October 7 2005 Following The Controversy Over His Autobiography. The Autobiography Included A Graphic Account Of Sexual Relations With The 17-Year-Old Daughter Of His House Servant In Haiti. This Created A Media Storm In Denmark Also Due In Part To His Plans For Filming A Movie Called Det Erotiske Menneske “The Erotic Human” Which In One Scene Depicted Sexual Intercourse Between Leth And A Haitian Girl Who Was Less Than 18 Years Old. The Age Of Consent In Denmark Is 15 While In Haiti It Is 18. The Movie Was To Be Made With Funds From The Danish Film Institute Which Is Supported By The Danish State. This Upset Several Groups In Danish Society And Leth Eventually Resigned His Plans And Also Several Official Posts Which He Held At The Time. Leth Has Enjoyed Retrospective Presentations At The National Film Theatre London 1989 In Rouen France 1990 At The American Film Institute Washington D.C. 1992 In Mumbai India 1996 And In New York City 2002 In Sao Paulo 2003 In Toronto 2004 In Florence 2005 And In Rome 2006. Source Wikipedia read less