The Lauritzen Award (Danish: Lauritzen-prisen) is a Danish film award which is handed every year to a female and a male Danish actor once a year by the Lauritzen Fonden.[1]
The prize is currently 250,000 DDK to each recipient since 2010. The prize was established in 1965 as the Henkel-prisen (Henkel Award), which was given to a female actor from 1965 to 1995. From 1965 to 2000 the Lauritzen Award / the Henkel Award was 50,000 DDK, from 2001 to 2009 the prize was 150,000 DDK.
The recipients are chosen of a prize-commeettee, which currently consists of these members: Jens Ditlev Lauritzen, chair person, Lauritzen Fonden, Geir Sveaass, stage director, Piv Bernth, representing, DR-Culture, Poul Nesgaard, head of the Danish Film School (Den Danske Filmskole), Rikke Rottensten, editor and writer of theatrical reviews for Kristeligt Dagblad, Lars C. W. Wallenberg who writes theatrical reviews for Børsen, Kasper Wilton, head of the theater Folketeatret, Jan Lauritzen representing the Lauritzen family.
The Lauritzen Fonden currently hands five other film awards:
- Visionsprisen - 100,000 DDK - is handed to an individual or organization or a group who had the courage to try something completely new and who had a strong artistical vision.
- Hædersprisen - 100,000 DDK is given to an experienced actor late in his or her glorious career in film, TV-series or on stage
- Backstage-prisen - 50,000 DDK is handed to a back-stage person in film, TV or TV-series
- Wauw-prisen - 30,000 DDK is handed to an experienced actor who plays in a non-expected kind of role.
- “Believe in You“-prisen - 20,000 DDK is handed to a young talented actor.