Alice O'Fredericks directed the first Danish films which highlighted women's rights.
13 Facts About Alice O'Fredericks
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Alice O'Fredericks is best known for directing the series of Far til Fire comedies and the series of family dramas based on Morten Korch novels.
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The Alice O'Fredericks Award, presented annually to the Best Female Director at the Copenhagen International Film Festival, is named in her honor.
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Alice O'Fredericks's parents divorced when she was a young girl, after which she moved with her mother to Copenhagen.
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Alice O'Fredericks was educated at a secretarial school then landed a job in 1918 as a script girl for Danish director, Benjamin Christensen.
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In 1920, Alice O'Fredericks stepped in front of the camera, making her film debut as a nun in Christensen's controversial silent film Haxan.
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Alice O'Fredericks created the Tumling Film production company with actor Johannes Meyer, played the starring role in two movies for Nordisk Film, and finished her acting career in George Schneevoigt's 1929 Norwegian production of Laila.
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Alice O'Fredericks began directing films in 1934 in partnership with Lauritzen's son, Lau Lauritzen Jr.
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Alice O'Fredericks made several films in partnership with Jon Iversen and Robert Saaskin.
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Alice O'Fredericks died of rheumatism on 18 February 1968 in Hellerup, Denmark.
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Alice O'Fredericks wrote and directed some of the first Danish films which focused on women and women's rights.
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In 2003, the Copenhagen International Film Festival created the Alice O'Fredericks Award, named in her honor, to be given annually to the Best Female Director.
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Alice O'Fredericks was married to Danish businessman and wholesaler Oskar Klintholm from 1927 until his death in 1959.