Laurits Munch-Petersen
Laurits Munch-Petersen is a Danish film director who graduated from The National Film School of Denmark with his Oscar-winning diploma film Mellem Os in 2004. This film won 13 international film awards and became the most award-winning film in the history of The National Film School of Denmark. Laurits directed several other films including the feature film Ambulance, Seducer's Fall, Over the Edge, Shadow of a Hero, Dolphin, On the Road with Dad, etc.
Laurits Munch-Petersen is son of the internationally acclaimed Danish designer Ursula Munch-Petersen and Danish painter Erik Hagens, and grandson of legendary Danish and poet Gustaf Munch-Petersen who was shot only 26 years old in the Spanish Civil War in 1938.
Laurits has 3 daughters; Iris Munch-Petersen Lucia Munch-Petersen and Mila Munch-Petersen. Iris and Lucia appear in his film "Shadow of a Hero" and his TV-series "On the Road with Dad".
