Marianne Hansen(II)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Marianne Hansen was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese mother and a Danish
father. At four months old she moved to Denmark and was raised in the
countryside south of Copenhagen. She speaks several languages: Danish,
Cantonese, English (it was a trilingual household) and some German and
French. She attended university in London and has a BA (Hons) Business
Studies degree. After college, she started acting, and in 2002 she came
to Los Angeles to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film
Institute, but soon discovered that she would rather be behind than in
front of the camera. She studied directing, producing and
cinematography at UCLA Extension (2004-2006) and holds a MA in
Screenwriting from The London Film School (2011) and as of 2015 also a
MA in Film and Media Studies from Copenhagen University. She has
completed several short films and one feature film. Her graduation film
"Alice Rose" won best art film at the 2006 FAIF film festival in Los
Angeles, and her debut feature film "Lapse" was the last thing she did
in the US before returning to Denmark in December 2007. The film was
completed in 2010, with a re-edit that was completed in 2013. She has
since completed an additional 3 short films: "Dronning for en dag/Queen
for a Day" (2013), "Fuck" (2013) and "Et gensyn/Second Encounters"
(2014).