Erik Balling was one of the most beloved Danish filmmaker in the 20th century. Balling was a director, a producer and a writer. Erik Balling was mostly famous for creating such TV epics as Matador and Huset P?Christianshavn and the film-series of Olsen banden. Erik Balling was born the 19th of November 1925 in the Danish city of Nyborg, as a son of a priest. In 1946 Balling was hired as an assistant at Nordisk Film Kompagni - the world's oldest film production company. His talent was soon re ...[Read Story]