Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Producer Sisse Graum Jørgensen (b. 1972) is permanently associated with Zentropa where she's both management and a member of the board. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® as well as the European Film Academy. In her work, Sisse is highly focused on supporting and strengthening the qualities of each individual director as well as promoting and advocating quality films with high artistic ambitions. Graum Jørgensen is primarily known for her long-standing, successful collaborations with esteemed director profiles such as Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Pernille Fischer Christensen as well as renowned screenwriters like Anders Thomas Jensen, Tobias Lindholm and Kim Fupz Aakeson. Sisse Graum's productions reap both national and international acclaim. So far this has, among other, resulted in an Oscar®, three Oscar® nominations, a Golden Globe®, two Golden Globe® nominations, two official selections in Cannes, an award for Best Actor in Cannes, the Jury Prize in Cannes and three European Film Awards. This coming year will see the release of Thomas Vinterberg's drama "The Commune" (2016), which is inspired by Vinterberg's own childhood growing up in a commune, and Jesper W. Nielsen's "The Day Will Come" (2016), which is written by creator of "The Killing" Søren Sveistrup's and based on actual events at a boys home in the late 60's.