Henrik Ruben Genz

Henrik Ruben Genz (born 7 November 1959 in Gram, Denmark) is a Danish film director.

Before becoming involved with film, Genz attended Designskolen Kolding, where he studied graphic design, after giving up on an earlier dream of being a painter. While there, he did some work with video, and a chance meeting with director Arne Bro encouraged him to pursue film as a career. Genz was then accepted into the National Film School of Denmark at the age of 31, graduating after completing the well-regarded short film Cross Roads (Danish title: Omveje, Detours) in 1995. Speaking later about his difficulty in trying to work under the Dogme restrictions, he described himself as a "visual director" and Dogme as a movement where "the camera follows the [actors] and choice means nothing". It won numerous awards, including the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Filmography Someone like Hodder (2003) Chinaman (2005) Terribly Happy (2008) Excuse Me (2012) Good People (2014) Satisfaction 1720 (2016) Word of God (2017) Erna at War (2020)