Background
Jens Peter Hammerich was born on 16 November 1954 in Copenhagen to translator Ida Elisabeth Hammerich and Paul Hammerich, journalist, writer and editor in chief at the national Danish newspaper Politiken.
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Education
He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1979 and had his debut as a feature film director in 1983 with the children film Otto er et næsehorn "Otto Is a Rhino".
Career
His filmography consists of both feature films and television films and mini series in Denmark as well as Sweden. From an early age he was called Rumle and when his father in 1959 asked her mother to translate Charles M. Schulz"s comic strip Peanuts for Politiken, she gave the perpetually dirty boy Pig-Pen her son"s nickname. In 1998 he left DR and the following year he joined Nordisk Film, where he led the subsidiary Nordisk Film Produktion until 2003, when he was made creative director of the company.
Achievements
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His mini series Young Andersen—which describes the formative boarding school years of Hans Christian Andersen— won an Emmy Award for Best international television Movie/Mini Series in 2005. His crime series The Protectors (Danish: Livvagterne) won the 2009 International Emmy Award for the best television drama series.
Personality
He is currently creative director at Nordisk Film.
