Mads Ellesøe (born 1977) is a Danish filmmaker and journalist. He studied at

Danish School of Media and Journalism Danish School of Media and Journalism (), or DMJX for short, is a Danish organization for higher education in, and a knowledge centre of, media and journalism. DMJX has two campuses; one in Copenhagen and one in Aarhus. In 2004, DMJX and Aarhus U ...

. In 2010, he was arrested by the Moroccan secret service, after doing a critical documentary about

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issue. He worked as journalist at the Danish newspaper

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and at Center For Investigative Reporting in the US. Ellesøe have worked for International Media Support in

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. Also, he was a director at the international documentaries unit at ''DR'', the

Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR (), officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enter ...

, and before he was staff reporter in an investigative unit at Danish TV2. Your film documentary ''The Men Who Plundered Europe'' received the Danish TV Award in 2019 as Best Documentary of the Year

Selected filmography

* ''

Our War (Danish film) ''Our War'' may refer to: * ''Our War'' (2016 film), a documentary about the Syrian civil war * ''Our War'' (2025 film), a documentary about the Russo-Ukrainian War {{disambiguation ...

'' ( Danish: ''Vores Krig'') (2009) * '' Pind og Holdt i USA'' (2012) * '' The Child Soldier's New Job'' ( Danish: ''Børnesoldatens nye job'') (2016) * '' The Men Who Plundered Europe'' ( Danish: ''Mændene der plyndrede Europa'') (2018) * '' The Campaign Against the Climate'' (2020)

References

Living people 1977 births Danish directors Danish male journalists {{Denmark-film-director-stub