The actor and director Preben Rist began his professional life as an insurance salesman, beside it he wrote first works as a writer. Afterwards he traveled around the world and experiences numerous adventures. When he returned to Denmark he was able to gain a foothold as a movie actor and he appeared in the movies "Ned Med Vaabnene (1914), "Nattens gaade" (1915) and "Den Vanaerede" (1915).