{{Short description|Danish film producer and director (1939–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Per_Holst.jpg | name = Per Holst | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|3|28}} | birth_place = Brønshøj, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|8|23|1939|3|28}} | death_place = | occupation = Film producer and director | years_active = 1967–2025 }}
'''Per Holst''' (28 March 1939 – 23 August 2025) was a Danish film producer and director. He has produced more than 50 films since 1967. In 1997, he was a member of the jury at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale 1997">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/04_jury_1997/04_Jury_1997.html |title=Berlinale: 1997 Juries |access-date=7 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> He died on 23 August 2025, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/underholdning/dkkendte/walter-og-carlo-instruktoer-per-holst-er-doed/10920302 |title='Walter og Carlo'-instruktør Per Holst er død |lang=da |first= Hans Christian |last=Blønd |first2=Simone |last2=Deding |work=Ekstra Bladet|date=23 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oganesyan |first1=Natalie |title=Per Holst Dies: Danish Filmmaker-Producer Who Collaborated With Lars Von Trier Was 86 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/per-holst-dead-danish-filmmaker-producer-lars-von-trier-1236496465/ |website=Deadline |access-date=25 August 2025 |date=25 August 2025}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Credit ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- | ''De standhaftige'' || 2015 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Max Embarrassing Goes to the Festival|da|Max Pinlig 3 på Roskilde}}'' || 2012 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Max Embarrassing 2'' || 2011 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Simon and the Oaks'' || 2011 || Producer || Feature |- | ''Brotherhood'' || 2010 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Simon & Malou|da||ru|Симон и Малу|sv|Simon och Malou}}'' || 2009 || Producer consultant || DK/Feature |- | ''Max Pinlig'' || 2008 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|The Black Madonna (film)|da|Den Sorte Madonna|pl|Czarna Madonna (film)|lt=The Black Madonna}}'' || 2007 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Evergreen'' || 2007 || Production || DK/Short fiction |- | ''{{ill|Jungledyret Hugo 3 – fræk, flabet og fri|da|Jungledyret Hugo 3 - fræk, flabet og fri|fr|Jungle Jack 3|ru|Хитрюга Джек 3D}}'' || 2007 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''The Ugly Duckling and Me!'' || 2006 || Story || DK/Feature |- | ''Evil'' || 2003 || Co-producer || Feature |- | ''I Am Dina'' || 2002 || Producer || Feature |- | ''{{ill|Count Axel|da|Grev Axel|fr|Grev Axel}}'' || 2001 || Co-producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Monas verden'' || 2001 || Associate producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Juliane (film)|da|Juliane (film)|lt=Juliane}}'' || 2000 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Bornholms stemme'' || 1999 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Two penny dance'' || 1999 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|The Man with the Tuba|da|Manden med tubaen}}'' || 1999 || Executive producer || DK/Short fiction |- | ''Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen'' || 1999 || Co-producer || Feature |- | ''{{ill|Klinkevals|da}}'' || 1999 || Executive producer || Feature |- | ''Janes drøm'' || 1999 || Production || TV documentary |- | ''Strisser på Samsø'' || 1997 || Producer || TV series |- | ''{{ill|Det store flip|da}}'' || 1997 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Royal blues|da}}'' || 1997 || Production || DK/Short fiction |- | ''Let's Get Lost'' || 1997 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Barbara'' || 1997 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt|da|Jungledyret Hugo 2 - den store filmhelt|de|Hugo, das Dschungeltier – Filmstar wider Willen|fi|Viidakkovekara Juuso elokuvasankarina|fr|Jungle Jack 2 : La Star de la Jungle|hu|Dzsungel Jack visszatér|it|Jungle Jack - Il grande film del piccolo Ugo!|sv|Djungeldjuret Hugo – den stora filmhjälten}}'' || 1996 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Aberne og det hemmelige våben|da}}'' || 1995 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''All Things Fair'' || 1995 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Flemming og Berit|da}}'' || 1994 || Producer || TV series |- | ''Jungledyret Hugo'' || 1993 || Producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Pain of Love'' || 1992 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|The hideaway|da|Møv og Funder}}'' || 1991 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Casanova'' || 1990 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''War of the Birds'' || 1990 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Sirup'' || 1990 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Århus by night|da||fi|Århus by Night}}'' || 1989 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Huller i suppen'' || 1988 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''The Redtops'' || 1988 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Pelle the Conqueror'' || 1987 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Coeurs flambés|da|Flamberede hjerter|fr|Cœurs flambés}}'' || 1986 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Ophelia comes to town|da|Ofelia kommer til byen}}'' || 1985 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Walter og Carlo - op på fars hat|da}}'' || 1985 || Direction || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|Drengen der forsvandt|da}}'' || 1984 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''The Element of Crime'' || 1984 || Executive producer || DK/Feature |- | ''Twist and Shout'' || 1984 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Children of the future'' || 1984 || Production || DK/Documentary |- | ''Beauty and the Beast'' || 1983 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Zappa'' || 1983 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''Tree of Knowledge'' || 1981 || Production || DK/Feature |- | ''{{ill|The Return of Captain Klyde|da|Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage}}'' || 1980 || Direction || DK/Feature |- | ''The Baron'' || 1978 || Appearance || DK/Feature |- | ''Sacked!'' || 1973 || Direction || DK/Feature |- | ''Robin Hood'' || 1973 || Director: Danish version || Feature |- | ''Benny's Bathtub'' || 1971 || Production || DK/Short fiction |- | ''Flygtning'' || 1963 || Production || DK/Documentary |}
== See also == * Asta Film
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0392324|Per Holst}} * {{DNFn|133}} * {{discogs artist|Per Holst}}
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