Career
He received a Master"s degree in Communication and International Development studies from Roskilde University. Pedersen focuses on factual content when making his documentaries, but also uses staged components-such as the shower scene at the end of Armadillo - to grasp the attention of viewers. He uses strong appeal to emotion and often manipulates close-up camera shots of facial expressions in order to capture and show the raw, true feelings endured by those characters.
One particular memorable image is the closeup of a Danish Special Forces Soldier after he is shot in an ambush by the Taliban.
In an interview for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Pedersen states the difficulties of filming in war for Armadillo - "Shooting in battle situations is quite difficult, everything is so chaotic in war, you have to be in the right place at the right time." He also goes onto mention that for shooting technique he and his film crew often relied on two cameras and on helmet cameras worn by the soldiers.
