Michael Christoffersen is a Danish journalist, editor-in-chief, media consultant, producer, director and creative adviser for international film and TV productions.
In 1998, Michael co-founded Team Productions, a production company specialising in international documentary film productions. Since 2010, Michael has been based in the UK where he continues his work as an independent filmmaker and consultant.
Filmography
CV
2013
LAW OF THE JUNGLE
Feature documentary
Director
Grierson Award 2013, UK, Best International documentary
2012
LAW OF THE JUNGLE
Feature documentary
Director
DR
Green Award, Sheffield Doc Fest 2012
2008
SAVING SADDAM
Feature documentary
Co-director and co-producer
BBC and many other broadcasters
2007
MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL
Director and co-producer
BBC and 13 other broadcasters
Winner of EBU´s Golden Link Award 2007
Danish Academy Award 2008
Grand Prix Odense Int. FF 2008
Nomination and special selection at many film festivals e.g. Tribeca Film festival, Hot Docs, Banff FF
2006
THE BATTLE FOR SADDAM
Co-producer
BBC and other European broadcasters
2000
THE MEDICINE MAN
Feature documentary
Director
DR
1998
GENOCIDE: THE JUDGEMENT
Feature documentary
Director and producer
BBC
1997
THE JUDGE AND THE GENOCIDE
Feature documentary
Director and producer
SVT and DR
1996
ONE MAN’S LOSS
Feature documentary
Director and producer
DR and broadcasters worldwide
1995
FROM SWINOUISCIE TO ODESSA
Director
TV-series
TV2 Denmark
1994
AT ANY COST
Director
DR
1993
CHILE EXILE AND RETURN
Director
DR
1993
WOMEN IN SLUM
Director
DR
2014-2022
Preparing the feature documentaries “Meltdown” and“Undoing The Bend”
Consulting on various documentary projects (“The Void & the Universe”, “The Last Station” and “When I Become Who I Am”)
Co-initiator of the multi-media project “When Horses Choose”
2013
Consultant on the feature documentary “Taming the Quantum”
Script and creative producer on the feature documentary “Carbon Crooks”, which deals with the trade of CO2 quotas.
2012
Director of the concert film “I was there” featuring the Liverpool band “The Hummingbirds.”
2011
Facilitator of a regional media and communication workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2010
Script writer and consultant of the feature documentary “Sepideh”, a story about a teenage Iranian astronomer and her dream of reaching the stars.
2009 – 2012
Director of a feature documentary “Law of The Jungle” about a case in Peru between indigenous people, a corrupt government and an oil company.
This film won the Green Award at the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival in 2012.
2007 -2008
Co-director and producer of a feature documentary “Saving Saddam” about the trial of Saddam Hussein (BBC and many other broadcasters)
2002 – 2007
Director, co-producer of “Milosevic on Trial”
BBC and 13 other broadcasters; winner of EBU´s Golden Link Award 2007, Danish Academy Award 2008, Grand Prix Odense International Film Festival 2008 and nomination and special selection at many film festivals e.g. Tribeca Filmfestival, Hot Docs, Banff Film Festival.
2006
Co-producer of “The Battle for Saddam” (BBC and other European broadcasters)
2002 – 2005
Co-producer on various documentary films including “The Liberace of Baghdad” (BBC and other European broadcasters) and “Living in America” (a documentary series for The Danish Broadcasting Coorporation)
2002
Director of a number of educational films about learning methods in the Danish School system (Danish Broadcasting Cooperation and The Ministry for Education)
2001
Director “Between Realities” (Danish Broadcasting Corporation – a television series about people’s values and how they express themselves in their lifestyle choices)
Director: “See me” and “A Place in the Sun” – Danish Adoption Authorities – two films about adopting children from the Third World.
2000
Director of “The Medicine man”
(Danish Broadcasting Corporation: A film about a doctor and his fight against children’s diseases in Guinea-Bissau)
1998 – 2009
Director: Television series hosted by the Danish writer Ib Michael about cultural diversity in Cuba, Ecuador, Polynesia and Japan.
Co-founder of Team Productions Aps., Copenhagen
1997
Director, producer, “The Judge and the Genocide” (Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, same subject as Genocide: The Judgement)
1996
Director, producer: “One Man’s Loss” (Danish Broadcasting Corporation and other European broadcasters: A film about one mother’s search for her missing son in the USA and her tragic discovery of his death and mistaken identification as a missing person whose organs were illegally removed.)
1994 – 2005
Director: “From Swinoujscie to Odessa” a TV-series about the “new” eastern Europe (TV2, Denmark)
1994
Director: “At Any Cost” (Danish Broadcasting Corperation and various NGOs: a film about globalisation and the impact on labour conditions)
1993 – 1994
Media consultant on various projects in South-East Asia aimed at strengthening labour rights.
1992
Editor in Chief of Cultural Programming for TV2, Denmark
Director: “Chile Exile and Return” and “Women in Slum”, two educational films (Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Ministry of Education)
1991
Director of various documentary programmes for TV2, Denmark
1989
Journalist, working on various TV-programmes for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation
1985
News reporter for The Danish Broadcasting Corporation; freelance journalist for radio and TV. Various reportages from travels around the world.
1983
Graduate from The Danish School of Journalism