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Jens Lien

Norwegian film director (born 1967)
Person human Q3741556

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
September 14, 1967
Place of birth
Oslo
Country of citizenship
Norway[7]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Field of work
film direction[8]
Award received
Amanda Award for Best Direction, Arne Skouen's Honour Award, Norwegian Film Critics’ Award[9][10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Norwegian[16]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[22]
Described by source
mediakunst.net[15]
Family name
Lien[13]
Given name
Jens[14]
Has works in the collection
LIMA, Harvard Film Archive[20][21]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Harvard Film Archive Project, NADD Wikidata project[18][19]
P14750
5903-C8F5-2D6C-2395-9E84[23]
Represented by
LIMA[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jens Lien fa ینس لین ja イエンス・リエン ru Йенс Лиен zh 延斯·利恩
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000109999808
VIAF cluster ID
95669277
Library of Congress authority ID
no2007037097
GND ID
139078339
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jens Lien - Nominert til Nordisk Rads filmpris 2006.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p358511
AlloCiné person ID
63004
BIBSYS ID
98051747
CANTIC ID
981058521166406706
Danish National Filmography person ID
201835
Elonet person ID
1236239
Evene ID
jens-lien-28759
Show all 41 identifiers +29
FIPRESCI person ID
jens-lien
Film.ru person ID
jens-lien
Freebase ID
/m/04g1yqh
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jens_Lien
IMDb ID
nm0509633
IdRef ID
146810961
JRC Names ID
426660
Kinobaza person ID
jens-lien
Kinobox person ID
880683
Kinopoisk person ID
489794
LIMA media artist ID
6770
LdiF person ID
193907
MovieMeter person ID
85150
NL CR AUT ID
xx0180949
NUKAT ID
n2009128785
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201611021
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810587478905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5242411
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
308284399
Obálky knih ID
xx0180949
PORT person ID
246633
Plex person key
5d77683b7e9a3c0020c6dea6
RKDartists ID
509144
Swedish Film Database person ID
349374
TMDB person ID
85150
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058521166406706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjCVQRk6MBKkxq94WBtrq
Yale LUX ID
person/b4181fdb-85b5-42e3-9a60-aa9acf4d77b0
ČSFD person ID
8510

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🔗 Connections
Films directed 4
The Bothersome Man, Beforeigners, Sons of Norway, Jonny Vang
Award received 1
Norwegian Film Critics’ Award
Country of citizenship 1
Norway
Field of work 1
film direction
Given name 1
Jens
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Norwegian
Occupation 1
film director
Place of birth 1
Oslo
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Jens Lien was born on September 14, 1967[1], in Oslo[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], and director[6].

FAQs

Where was Jens Lien born?

Jens Lien's place of birth was Oslo[2].

What did Jens Lien do for work?

Jens Lien worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], and director[6].

What awards did Jens Lien receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Direction[9], Arne Skouen's Honour Award[10], and Filmkritikerprisen[11].

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . mediakunst.net. Retrieved . mediakunst.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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