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Peter Garde Dies: Frequent Lars Von Trier & Thomas Vinterberg Collaborator And Zentropa Studios’ First Chief Financial Officer Was 67
Peter Garde was a European film financing veteran and the first Chief Financial Officer at Zentropa Studios.
Peter Garde, European film financing vet and frequent collaborator of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, has died aged 67 in Fakse, Denmark, after a long battle with cancer. Garde’s wife, Nanna, confirmed the news to Deadline alongside his close associates, Peter Aalbæk Jensen and Anders Kjærhauge. After the success of Lars Von Trier’s Breaking The Waves, Garde was convinced by his close friend producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen to join Zentropa and help manage all the money that was pouring into the studio, which ultimately became the beginning of Garde’s long career with Lars Von Trier and Zentropa Studios’ films.
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