Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director.

His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968).

[1] His A Stranger Knocks (1959) was in competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960.

[2] It was distributed in the US by Trans-Lux and played a major part in bringing down the American State Film Censorship system in 1965.

[3][4] In his last years, Jacobsen worked for tycoon Simon Spies (1921–1984) at his cinema, Merkur Bio, in Copenhagen.