Director and producer. Born 1939. In the '60s Jørgen Vestergaard began his career as a screenwriter and director of short fiction and documentaries. Since 1969 he has been in charge of his own production company: Jørgen Vestergaard Film and JV Film & TV.
Vestergaard has directed and produced more than 60 documentaries and feature films. Documentaries include depictions of various aspects of Danish culture, from rural environments to artist portrayals. He also directed the popular feature films "The Snooks" (1992) and "Snooks in the Limelight" (1994), about a loveable, opinionated and gnome-like little creature taken from a series of highly popular children's book by Danish novelist Benny Andersen.
Films since 2000 include the documentary "Børge Ring - Film Animator and Jazz Musician" (2006) and the partially animated documentary "First Class - A Film About Storm P." (2015), depicting the professional and personal life of Danish artist and icon Robert Storm Petersen (1882-1949).
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Class - A Film About Storm P. | 2015 | Direction, Screenplay | DK/Documentary |
| Spillemanden - en film om Karl Skaarup | 2012 | Direction, Script, Cinematography | DK/Documentary |
| Kirsten Kjær og hendes museum | 2008 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Hanstholm - historien om en havn | 2007 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Børge Ring - filmanimator og jazzmusiker | 2006 | Direction, Script, Stills | DK/Documentary |
| Kanonen | 2005 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Viljen til Thy | 2005 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Vindkraft - en dansk historie | 2003 | Direction, Script, Stills, Producer | DK/Documentary |
| Storm P. opfindelser | 2001 | Direction, Cinematography | DK/Documentary |
| Et liv på landet | 2000 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Ovartaci - Kunstner på psykiatrisk hospital | 1999 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Benny, Barbados og Møns Klint | 1999 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Stationsbyfotografen | 1998 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Fjordfiskerne | 1996 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Brødre | 1996 | Direction, Script, Stills | DK/Documentary |
| Jens Søndergaard - portræt af en maler | 1995 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Snooks in the Limelight | 1994 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Et rigtigt bondeliv | 1994 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| The Snooks | 1992 | Direction, Script | DK/Feature |
| Landsbyen lever | 1990 | Direction, Editing, Cinematographer: Additional shoot | DK/Documentary |
| Morten maler | 1989 | Direction, Script, Cinematography, Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Oprøret på Mors | 1988 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| I morgen er det slut | 1988 | Cinematography, Editing, Music | DK/Feature |
| En meget gammel herre med kæmpestore vinger | 1986 | Executive producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Miseri Mø | 1985 | Direction, Script, Editing, Music, Cinematographer | DK/Short fiction |
| Cancer - At the mercy of growth | 1984 | Production | DK/Documentary |
| Tommelise | 1983 | Direction, Script, Cinematography, Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Danmark - Dit og mit | 1982 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Sigurd Fafnersbane | 1981 | Direction, Script, Cinematography | DK/Short fiction |
| Giv mig een god grund til at være ædru | 1980 | Production | DK/Short fiction |
| Æ Tinuser | 1979 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Til death do you part | 1978 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Historien om en moder | 1977 | Direction, Script | DK/Short fiction |
| Evald and Ingeborg and all the others | 1975 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Skyggen | 1975 | Direction, Script | DK/Short fiction |
| The Big Day | 1975 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Dansepladsen | 1975 | Editing, Sound, Comments | DK/Documentary |
| Dansk Fisk - Danish Fish - Dänische Fische - Poissons Danois - Pesci Danesi | 1973 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The little white goat | 1973 | Direction, Editing | DK/Short fiction |
| Rejsekammeraten | 1972 | Direction, Script | TV film |
| Soldier | 1971 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Skyldig - ikke skyldig | 1971 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| Hjertet der sladrede | 1971 | Direction, Script, Cinematography, Stills, Editing | TV film |
| Teaching Danish in South Schleswig | 1970 | Direction, Script, Editing, Sound | DK/Documentary |
| The Sea - Denmark | 1970 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Nattergalen | 1970 | Direction | TV film |
| Snedronningen | 1970 | Direction | TV film |
| The Cement Crucifix | 1968 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| How to stay in good shape | 1968 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Bridge to Biafra | 1968 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Lille Claus og Store Claus | 1968 | Direction | TV film |
| The Habour | 1967 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Cellens fysiologi | 1967 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Skt. Annaland | 1967 | Direction | TV film |
| Don Cristobal og Rosita | 1967 | Direction | TV film |
| Pancakes every Thursday | 1966 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Beck-Daucke's puppet theatre | 1965 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Watch by the Sea | 1965 | Direction, Script | DK/Documentary |
| Metabolism experiments | 1965 | Direction, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| Sommerheste | 1964 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| The Cow and the Camel | 1963 | Direction, Script, Editing | DK/Documentary |
| La mer et les Jours | 1959 | Alteration | Documentary |
| Music | Year | Film | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naturfregatten | 1994 | Snøvsen ta'r springet | Songwriter |
| I morgen er det slut [Score] | 1988 | I morgen er det slut | Composer |
