Born 1945. Jesper Jargil is a veteran director, scriptwriter, cameraman and producer who has won numerous international awards, including the Lion d'Or at Cannes.
Documentary films (a selection): »Per Kirkeby Vinterbillede"/"Per Kirkeby Winter's Tale" won the Danish Film Academy Award for best documentary in 1996 and the Jury's Special Prize at the Biennale Int. du Film sur l'Art in Paris in 1995. Jargil's trilogy on von Trier consists of "De Ydmygede"/"The Humiliated" (1998), about the production of Lars von Trier's Dogme film "Idioterne"/"The Idiots", "De udstillede"/"The Exhibited" (2000), about Lars von Trier's media happening "Psychomobile #1 The World Clock" and "De lutrede"/"The Purified" (2002) about the four Danish directors who formed the Dogma 95 brotherhood.