Erik Clausen

{{Short description|Danish actor (1942–2024)}}

{{for|the farmer and member of the Danish resistance|Erik Briand Clausen}}

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| image = Erik Clausen.jpg

| caption = Clausen in 2011

| name = Erik Clausen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|3|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|30|1942|3|7|df=yes}}

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter}}

| yearsactive = 1978–2019

}}

Erik Clausen (7 March 1942 – 30 October 2024) was a Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed fourteen films from 1981. His 2007 film Temporary Release was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2007 |title=29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007) |access-date=30 May 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421051129/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2007 |archive-date=21 April 2013 }} Clausen died on 30 October 2024, at the age of 82.{{cite news |title=Filmmanden Erik Clausen er død |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/filmmanden-erik-clausen-er-doed |access-date=30 October 2024 |publisher=DR |date=30 October 2024}}