Bjarne O. Henriksen is a Danish screenwriter and author whose work spans high-profile television series and internationally recognized feature films. He is the creator of one of Denmark’s highest-rated action series, Gøngehøvdingen (2.25 million viewers, sold internationally), as well as the top-rated sitcom Bill & Daphne, which outperformed M*A*S*H and The Cosby Show in Denmark.

 

His debut feature screenplay, Eddie Holm's Second Life, won the Silver Nymph Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival and received recognition from Variety for traveling “lightheartedly beyond Denmark.” The film led to a two-year story development invitation from legendary Danish director Erik Balling at Nordisk Film.

 

Henriksen wrote the original story and screenplay for the box office hit Ørnens Øje (Eye of the Eagle), which received a Golden Bear nomination at the Berlin International Film Festival. His screenplay Herforth & Jensen was awarded a European Script Fund Award, praised for its “technically accomplished” and “punchy and exciting” style, and described as “a welcome change” from other Danish submissions.

 

Additional credits include work as a staff writer on the 24-episode Christmas adventure series The Secret Tunnel for DR, produced by Saks Film; a commissioned feature film adaptation of Bernard Pinkerton's Big Case for Northern Lights; and a one-year appointment as a freelance screenwriting instructor at the TV & Film School at Snoghøj Højskole.

 

Henriksen has received development and script support from the Danish Film Institute, participated in international workshops and EBU seminars, and has written projects produced at a combined budget exceeding DKK 100 million. He has also received an invitation from the European Film Academy, stating: “We would be very proud to count you among our members, and feel that your contribution would help the Academy to protect and strengthen European cinema as well as its artistic and commercial values.”

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