Biography
Danish director, producer, writer, interviewer. Born September 11, 1936. Career In 1962, she joined the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, first as a production assistant, and then as a director, producer, writer and interviewer. Between 1962 and 1977, she directed 80 films for Danmarks Radio: TV specials, short fiction films, dramas, documentaries. Highlights of this part of her career include in-depth profiles of Jack Lemmon, Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Hitchcock, Jacques Brel, Irish satirist Dave Allen, and three-part documentary series on Charles Chaplin, "Time to Live" the history of French songs, and "Hurray for Hollywood" an in-depth look at the world of the American film industry. She directed all the behind the scenes footage of the one hour special Elvis in Concert and established herself as an independent producer in Hollywood. 1977-1987, under contract with Major studios, first under the banner of Don Stern productions, and then with her own company, Mc-Curry - Wolf Enterprises, she shaped the making-of genre, writing, producing and directing interviews, behind the scenes documentaries and trailers for more than 50 films: Jaws 2, 48 Hrs., Star Trek the Motion Picture, Nighthawk, Dracula, Somewhere in Time, Missing and Cat People, amongst others. During her time in Los Angeles, she also served as the chair of the Performing Arts Committee for the Scandinavian Arts Festival Scandinavia Today and co-founded Women In Film International, a global network comprised of some 40 Women In Film chapters worldwide, dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video and other screen-based media. In 1988, she joined advertising executive Harry Webber in the production of the musical drama Crossfire. 23 young former members of the Bounty Hunter Bloods gang told their personal stories on stage. The play was taped and led to a truce between the two rivaling gangs the Bloods and the Crips. She left the USA in 1990 to return to her home country Denmark - she resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2000, she founded The Wolf Foundation, a non-profit organization established to protect and preserve the natural balance of the Arctic environment and its wildlife. (2015). The feature film "So It Was" is in preproduction.
