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Kasper Torsting (born September 22, 1975) is a Danish film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is best known for his early works as a cinematographer and director on the documentaries Rocket Brothers, Solo [da], and the cinema-portrait of fellow Danish director, Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg and David Bowie.[1]

Kasper Torsting
Born	(1975-09-22) 22 September 1975 (age 47) Viborg, Denmark
Occupation	Film director cinematoprapher screenwriter
Years active	2001–present
Website	https://kaspertorsting.com

Early life

Torsting was born in Viborg, Denmark on September 22, 1975.[2]

Career

He is trained as a director from the Danish Film School's documentary line (1997–2001), and has since worked on a large number of documentaries, which have had Danish and international premieres, as well as music videos, short films and feature films. Kasper Torsting is co-founder of Oure Dox and has taught at the Oure School.[3]

Kasper Torsting made his debut as a feature film director with the “A War Within” in 2018.[4][5] The film won the ‘Nordic Competition’ and the ‘Audience Award’ at the 34th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, as well as several more honors.[6][7] Kasper Torsting has directed several major commercials from 2013, alongside his work on documentaries and films.[8]

In 2016 Kasper Torsting produced, with Studio+, a web based mini-tv-series “Ø”, which is a thriller made for cellphone screens.[9][10]

Filmography

• Den anden side (Documentary) (2001)
• Mr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie (Documentary) (2002)
• Rocket Brothers - tæt på bandet Kashmir (Documentary) (2003)
• The Aftermath (Documentary) (2005)
• Solo [da] (Documentary) (2007)
• Vores Krig (Documentary) (2009)
• Krigsminister (Documentary) (2009)
• Søren Gade, de sidste 48 timer Documentary) (2009)
• Udflugt (Short film, Fiction) (2010)
• Armadillo (Documentary, idea and producer) (2011)
• Sex, kaos og bekendelser (TV-series, editor) (2012)
• Piratjagt (2012)
• Ø (Web TV-series) (2016)
• A War Within (2017)

Awards and honors

• 2017 – Jury Award -Best Script for Ø - Shared with Amulya Malladi (writer) - LA Web Fest
• 2018 – Valhalla Award for A War Within- Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 2018 – Audience Choice Award - Best Feature Length Film for A War Within - Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 2019 – Jury Award - Best International Narrative Feature for A War Within - Shared with Ronnie Fridthjof (writer) - Rome International Film Festival
• 2019 – Audience Award - Best Feature for A War Within - Shared with Ronnie Fridthjof (writer) - Rome International Film Festival
• 2019 – Jury Award - Best Film for A War Within - Shared with Ronnie Fridthjof (writer)- Fairhope Film Festival
• 2019 – Audience Award - Best Feature for A War Within’' - Shared with Ronnie Fridthjof (writer) - Lighthouse International Film Festival

Danish awards and honors

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• 2004 – CPH:DOX Award - Gold Dok Best Sound]] for Rocket Brothers - tæt på bandet Kashmir - CPH:DOX
• 2004 – Nordic Documentary Film Award - Best Nordic Documentary for Rocket Brothers - tæt på bandet Kashmir - Nordisk Panorama
• 2004 – Jury Special Prize for Rocket Brothers - tæt på bandet Kashmir - Odense International Film Festival
• 2007 – Youth Jury Prize, special mention for Solo - Odense International Film Festival
• 2007 – Audience Award for Solo - Odense International Film Festival
• 2008 – TV Prisen - Best Documentary Series, for Politiskolen
• 2010 – Robert for Best Documentary (Årets lange dokumentarfilm) for Armadillo.
• 2010 – Bodil for Best Documentary (Bedste dokumentarfilm) for Armadillo
• 2012 – TV Prisen - Best Documentary Series, for Sex, kaos og bekendelser

References

External links

• Kasper Torstings homepage

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