Katia Forbert Petersen (born 6 February 1949) is a Polish-Danish cinematographer, film director, producer, and writer, known for her work on the Danish-language films En fremmed piges dagbog (1989), Behind the Mountains (2004), and My Iranian Paradise (2008), among others.
Petersen has been involved in approximately 150 documentary and feature films over her career, and has done work for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in Germany and the National Film Board of Canada.http://sfinxfilm.dk/assets/dfi_film_idfa14_mag_single.pdf
Career The daughter of Polish engineer and cinematographer Wladyslaw Forbert, Petersen spent her early career studying cinematography at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. In response to the mounting anti-Semitic political crisis in Poland, Petersen emigrated to Denmark, where she held dual citizenship, after receiving her degree in 1969.
Petersen joined the Danish Film Institute in 1973. Soon after, she managed cinematography for three feminist feature films: the Danish film Take It Like a Man, Madam (1975), and two German films: (1978) and (1978). Since then, she has filmed and directed numerous feature and documentary productions in Denmark and abroad.
Petersen is a frequent collaborator of fellow Danish women directors Annette Mari Olsen and Mette Knudsen. In 1988, Petersen and Olsen founded the production company Sfinx Film/TV, through which the duo continues to produce films together.
Filmography
YearFilmDirectorCinematographerWriter 1971 En husmor 1973 Polske piger 1975 Take It Like a Man, Madam 1976 Frihed er ikke noget man får, det er noget man tager 1976 Havets lavvandsfauna 1977 Christiania 1977 Kvinde og job 1978 1978 1979 Anarchiets land 1979 Sammen med Lena 1979 Plantagens lange skygger - En film om Sylvia Woods 1979 Do We Start Off with a Dance? 1980 En uge uden smil 1980 Træerne og skovens folk 1981 Jeg blir' så bange 1981 En fugl under mit hjerte 1982 Teknik for dig og mig 1982 Bjerg Eivind og hans hustru 1983 Hærvejen 1983 Syv billeder fra Hærvejen 1983 Veras historie - en film om modstandskamp 1984 Jeg vil ha' dig tilbage 1984 Midvinter, Masketid 1984 Betagelse Q-Q 1985 Johanne fra Daugbjerg 1985 Højt på en gren 1985 Rødstrømper - en kavalkade af kvindefilm 1986 Din daglige dosis 1986 Jobtilbud i nazismens Tyskland 1987 Mit søde barn 1987 Holografi 1987 En hård dags nat 1988 Indvandrerkvinder 3 - Kvinde i eksil 1988 Jako 1988 Musen og dansepigen 1989 En fremmed piges dagbog 1989 The Old Folk's Dance 1990 A Wanted Child 1990 A Pig after My Own Heart 1990 Stemmeret, Liberty, Equality and the Right to Vote 1991 Klar besked - en film om prævention 1991 Gud ånder på øjet, når det græder 1991 Madsen's Hotel 1992 Gud gav hende en Mercedes-Benz 1992 You Have to be Round to Live in a Globe 1993 Dreams & Dreams 1993 Lasse Lasse lille 1994 Like Birds in a Cage 1995 Man with Camera 1996 Two Women on a River 1996 War is Not a Children's Game 1996 Go West 1997 Mit sprog som menneske 1997 They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? 1998 Cecilie's World 1999 Filmhits for børn 4 (Sut slut finale) 1999 The Time Before the Moment 2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes 2000 Free as a Bird 2001 Min egen motorhest 2001 Konfirmanderne / Gud hvor er det svært 2001 The Countess and Her Daughters 2002 When Mum and Dad are Clowns Editor 2003 Det ulogiske instrument Producer 2003 Avation Producer 2003 It's All Good Producer 2003 5 hjerteslag Producer 2004 Behind the Mountains 2004 Homulus spectaculus 2006 Sound on Life 2007 The Bird That Could Tell Fortunes 2008 My Iranian Paradise 2008 Tomme rum 2014 Mission Rape - A Tool of War
Awards Bronze Medal, New York Television Festival, 1990 for A Wanted Child Gold Medal, Prix National, Festival de la Commission des Communauts Europennes, 1990 for A Pig after My Own Heart Special Commendation Non-fiction, Television Programme of the Year, Prix Europa, 1991 for Madsen's Hotel Special Commendation for Serials and Documentary Miniseries, Prix Europa, 1992 for You Have to be Round to Live in a Globe Danish Association of Cinematographers Annual Award, 1992 Best Director, European Youth Film Festival, Antwerp, 1997 Grand Prix, ITVA-Festival, Copenhagen, 1997 for Two Women on a River Special Prize for Best Television Documentary, Prix Europa, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? Special Commendation, Prix Niki, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? 2nd Prize, Nordic Glory Festival, Finland, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? Best Documentary and Best Photography, ITVA-Festival, New Orleans, 1998 for Two Women on a River Aller Press Prize, 1999 for The Time Before the Moment Women's International Film and Television Showcase - Honorary Golden Mermaid, 2001 Jury Prize, Taiwan International Children's Film Festival, 2004 for When Mum and Dad are Clowns Jury Prize, Taiwan International Children's Film Festival, 2006 for Behind the Mountains Robert Award for Best Documentary Short, 2007 for Sound on Life Nominated for the Oxfam Global Justice Award, 2014 for Mission Rape - A Tool of War Nominated for Best European TV Programme of the Year, Prix Europa Iris, 2014 for Mission Rape - A Tool of War
See also Cinema of Denmark Danish Film Institute Women's cinema
References
External links Katia Forbert on IMDb Katia Forbert Petersen on the Danish Film Database (danish)