Balling, Erik b. November 29, 1924 d. November 19, 2005 Film director. Successful and popular director born at Nyborg, Denmark, who worked his way up in the film studios before making his début as a director in 1952. This was the first of his 40 feature films, one of which, "Qivitoq" from 1956, was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best foreign language film". His most popular films were the 13 comedies about "Olsen Banden" (The Olsen Gang) from 1968 to 1981. He usually wrote or co-wrote the manuscripts for his films. He was also very active...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Gentofte Churchyard, Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark
b. November 29, 1924 d. November 19, 2005