Finn Aabye (born 7 July 1935) is a Danish film producer. He was the former director of the Danish Film Institute. Career Aabye began working in film in 1958 as a bookkeeper at Rialto Film, a company owned by Preben Philipsen. In 1961 he became a freelance production manager, and in 1962 he co-founded Bent Christensen Filmproduktion.
During the 1960s he worked as producer on a number of Danish feature films, including and Sømænd og svigermødre (1962), and Kampen om Næsbygaard (1964) (1967).
Aabye became director of the distributor ASA Filmudlejning, and later of the wider ASA group. From 1976 to 1988 Aabye was director of the Danish Film Institute, succeeding Leif Feilberg. He was succeeded by Mona Jensen.
Until 1998 he was director of Saga Video and Prisme Film, which produced short films for Statens Filmcentral and television. His later production credits include the documentaries Babylon i Brøndby (1996), Rejsen med Mai (1997) and Ib Schønberg (2000).
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1961 Harry og kammertjeneren Production manager Feature film 1962 Sømænd og svigermødre Production manager Feature film 1962 Weekend Production manager Feature film 1962 Svinedrengen og Prinsessen på ærten Production manager Short film 1963 Støvsugerbanden Production manager Feature film 1964 To Producer Feature film 1964 Kampen om Næsbygaard Producer Feature film 1966 Krybskytterne på Næsbygaard Producer Feature film 1966 Ih, du forbarmende! Production manager Feature film 1967 Brødrene på Uglegaarden Production manager Feature film 1996 Babylon i Brøndby Producer Documentary; produced by Saga Video & Kortfilm 1997 Rejsen med Mai Producer Documentary 2000 Ib Schønberg Producer Documentary about actor Ib Schønberg Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Historien bag kameraet Himself Television documentary
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