Director

Laurits Munch-Petersen

July 19, 1973 · Copenhagen, Denmark

Born on July 19, 1973, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Laurits Munch-Petersen is a Danish film director. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2003 with his diploma film Between Us (Mellem os), which won 13 international film awards, including a Student Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign-Language Student Film in 2004. Munch-Petersen has directed several feature films, including Ambulance (2005), which was remade in Hollywood by director Michael Bay in 2021. He is the son of designer Ursula Munch-Petersen and painter Erik Hagens, and the grandson of painter and poet Gustaf Munch-Petersen.

Often works with

Helle Fagralid
2 titles together
The Ambulance, Between Us
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Iris Munch-Petersen
2 titles together
På tur med far, Shadow of a Hero

Full filmography · 7

Dolphin
as Train conductor and Director and Writer
2017
Shadow of a Hero
as Grandson and Writer and Director
2015
Over the Edge
Director and Writer
20124.6
Forførerens fald
Director
2008
The Ambulance
cast and Director
20055.7
Between Us
Director
2003