Ole John Povlsen is a Danish producer, director, and cinematographer. He was trained as a portrait photographer and graduated as a cinematographer from The National Film School of Denmark. He post-graduated from EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) 1992 and attended Cass Film Business School in London 2010. Throughout his film career, he has worked intensively on developing new talents in Danish Film. He was associate professor at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany 1971-75, head of the Danish Film Workshop 1977-84, chairman of the Danish Producers Association and on the board of the Danish Film Institute 1987-91. From 1994-98 he was director of New Danish Screen and from 1998-2009 he headed the producer education and was deputy director at the National Film School. From 2009-12 he developed and was project manager at Copenhagen Film Mentor.