The Island on Bird Street is a 1997 drama film written by Uri Orlev, John Goldsmith and Tony Grisoni and directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. Kragh-Jacobsen started out as a popular musician in Denmark, before attending film... school in Prague. After returning to Denmark, he directed and co-wrote television productions. He became one of the developers of the avant-garde film-making project Dogme95, based on creating films based only on reality, without artificial lighting and technology. Kragh-Jacobsen is married. They live in Copenhagen with their two children. His first feature film was Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? . This was followed by the successful Rubber Tarzan , Thunderbirds , Emma's Shadow , Shower of Gold , The Boys from St. Petri , The Island on Bird Street , and his international break-through, dogme #3 Mifune's Last Song , and Skagerrak . Mifune's Last Song won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. He has done some commercials and Danish/Swedish TV series.more
