Mikael Colville-Andersen

Mikael Colville-Andersen (born 29 January 1968) is a Danish-Canadian ^[1] filmmaker, photographer and urban mobility expert^[2] with Copenhagenize Consulting.

As a director, his debut feature film, Zakka West (2003), premiered at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. He has written and directed several short films, including the award-winning short Breaking Up (1999) and founded the first pan-European organisation for screenwriters - Euroscreenwriters - in 1997.

As producer for the The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) bicentenary website for Hans Christian Andersen, he and his team won the Prix Italia award at the Radiotelevisione Italiana 57th Prix Italia for Best Website^[3].

He is most known for his photography and bicycle advocacy with the Cycle chic movement that started with the Copenhagen Cycle Chic streetstyle blog, and has been called The Sartorialist on Two Wheels^[4] by The Guardian, as well as The Pope of Urban Cycling^[5] by La Presse. He coined the phrase Cycle Chic in 2007^{[6] [7]}, as well as the word Copenhagenize in the same year.^[8]

See also

• Copenhagenization (bicycling)

References

1. ^ "«Montréal doit montrer la voie», dit le pape du vélo urbain". http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/201105/28/01-4403760-montreal-doit-montrer-la-voie-dit-le-pape-du-velo-urbain.php. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
2. ^ "«Montréal doit montrer la voie», dit le pape du vélo urbain". http://www.themonthly.com.au/urban-cycling-mikael-colville-andersen-2689. Retrieved 2010-08-25. 
3. ^ rai.it: Winnders 2005 Prix Italia
4. ^ Carlton Reid: The Sartorialist on Two Wheels in The Guardian (June 26 2008), retrieved 25 August 2010
5. ^ cyberpresse.ca: «Montréal doit montrer la voie», dit le pape du vélo urbain
6. ^ "The Guardian - Cycling is officially chic". http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/04/fashion. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
7. ^ "Babelgum - Mikael Colville-Andersen, Cycle Chic". http://www.babelgum.com/inframetv/channels/180750/clips/6000458. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
8. ^ "The Origins of Copenhagenize". http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/01/copenhagenize-origins.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

External links

• Mikael Colville-Andersen at the Internet Movie Database
• InFrame.tv, Mikael Colville-Andersen talks Cycle Chic"
• Copenhagen Cycle Chic
• Copenhagenize.com
• Copenhagenize Consulting
• Euroscreenwriters
• Hans Christian Andersen Bicentenary Website
• Colville-Andersen on SlowTV, State of Design 2010 Festival, Melbourne, July 2010

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Name	Colville-Andersen, Mikael
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Date of birth	29 January 1968
Place of birth	Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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