Which filmmaker was of Danish descent, Mikael Salomon or George Dunning?
Mikael Salomon Mikael Salomon (born 24 February 1955) is a Danish-born cinematographer, director and producer of film and television. After a long cinematography career in Danish cinema, he transitioned to the Hollywood film industry in the late 1980s and has remained highly prolific there, earning two Academy Award nominations. He is also an acclaimed and prolific television director whose credits include dozens of series, films and miniseries including "Band of Brothers, Salem's Lot, Rome," and "The Andromeda Strain", for which has received numerous awards and nominations including a Primetime Emmy Award and Directors Guild of America Award.
Henning Carlsen Henning Carlsen (4 June 1927 – 30 May 2014) was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama "Hunger" ("Sult") was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy "People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart". Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.