My name is BENJAMIN and I'm the kind of guy who likes drama - the fun kind!
That's why I make film and theatre and satire...
"Den Korte Radioavis"
I WRITE SPEECHES for Danish comedy persona Kirsten Birgit which is a lot of fun because she can go to quite daring places. And the lady is really clever so I have to keep my nose to the grindstone to come up with new, bold things for her to say...
It's hard work, but really cool!
Here's her Christmas Speech from 2021... (It's in Danish, sorry)
Den Korte Radioavis: Frederik Cilius Jørgensen & Rasmus Bruun
"Uffe"
A crazy short film about outsiders.
As SCREENWRITER it was important to me to provide the film with some genuine emotions amidst the absudities. The human moments and the heartbreaking are what tie the whole film together...
It was awarded BEST SHORT FILM at Oslo Film Festival in 2019.
Producer: Caroline Steenberg Dam
Director: J. Sivert Lendorph Christensen UFFE on IMDB
MUNGO PARK
I WROTE the play "For A Good Cause" which played at Theatre Mungo Park in 2021.
It's the true story of Danish Niels Holck who smuggled four tons weapons to India under the nose of police, Danish Intelligence Services and MI5...
It was a gargantuan amount of RESEARCH followed by an immense SIMPLIFICATION process to find the clear narrative through 25 years worth of archival material.
It recieved the WILHELM HANSEN FONDENS theatre grant in 2019.
Director: Jennifer Vedsted Christiansen
Performer: Mie Larsen
Homesick
I WROTE and DIRECTED this series. It's about a stupid American who comes to England and moves in with a woman who has cancer while her daughter bullies him...
The series was included in THE BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE.
It recieved awards for BEST SCREENPLAY at CinemaJove in Valencia and for BEST DRAMEDY at New York City Web Fest.
English shortfilm about a woman who will do anything for her pets.
I was SCREENWRITER on this insane farce of ill decisions where Maggie's fight for her pets has fatal and bloody consequences for those who get in her way...
Producer: Elliot Barker
Director: Johnny Russell CAGES på IMDB
Dark Tourism
Satirical stage production about war tourism where normal people travel to active warzones with fanny packs and selfie sticks to find self-actualization.
As PLAYWRIGHT, my goal was to expose the hypocrisy and caricaturize the people who are so starved for excitement that they actively journey to conflict areas to get some unique content for their SoMe!
"What a lovely surprise. New Danish drama – relevant and brilliantly written, played and directed ... It's actually quite tragic and yet we laugh for the better part of an hour, that's how artful both text and acting appear." - (Translated)
Director: Nicolai Nyholm
Performers: Anne Sofie Wanstrup, Mie Larsen and Anders Kristian Aamodt
Shark
Short film about a talking fish and a toxic mother/daughter relation.
As SCREENWRITER I persued a coherent narrative and raw emotions between a selfish mother and a daughter who dreams of more. It's an explosion of colours in a crazy melodrama!
It was awarded GRAND PRIZE for BEST STUDENT FILM at Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2017.
Satirical stage production about war tourism where normal people travel to active warzones with fanny packs and selfie sticks to find self-actualization.
