Kim M. Jorgensen is an American

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and the owner of distributor Landmark Films. Jorgensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He founded Landmark Theaters, the largest art house

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chain in the United States, and was its president until 1989 when he sold the company.

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and

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currently own the chain through their company

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. Jorgensen directed and wrote '' Emilio'' (2008). He has produced and packaged other films: '' The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''

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'' (1980), ''

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'' (aka: ''Growing Pains'') (1984), ''

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'' (1985), and '' Mortuary Academy'' (1988), and has developed film projects with directors such as Orson Welles, David Lynch, Paul Verhoeven, Carlos Diegues, Hector Babenco, King Hu, David Lean, and Franco Zeffirelli.

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