FILM DIRECTOR

Arne Sucksdorff

1917 - 2001

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Arne Edvard Sucksdorff (3 February 1917 – 4 May 2001) was a Swedish film director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries. His works include Pojken i trädet (The Boy in the Tree) and the Academy Award-winning Människor i Stad (Symphony of a City). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arne Sucksdorff has received more than 35,763 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arne Sucksdorff is the 1,217th most popular film director (down from 1,193rd in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 843rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Swedish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 1,217 out of 2,041. Before him are George Abbott, Stan Brakhage, Walter Murch, Feng Xiaogang, José Padilha, and Adam McKay. After him are Tom McCarthy, Lee Unkrich, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Laura Poitras, David Koepp, and Priit Pärn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 276. Before him are Carlo Cassola, Alice Pearce, June Foray, Reidar Liaklev, Jane Bowles, and Gottfried Honegger. After him are Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, Gonzalo Rojas, Tetsuo Hamuro, Amelia Piccinini, and Wenche Foss. Among people deceased in 2001, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 253. Before him are Ashok Kumar, Dale Earnhardt, Lee Cronbach, Pavel Sadyrin, Leonid Osyka, and Arthur Geoffrey Walker. After him are Sara Ashurbeyli, Shidzue Katō, N. G. L. Hammond, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Sachiko Hidari, and Margaretha Krook.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 902 out of 1,879. Before him are Johan Edman (1875), Alice Tegnér (1864), Ola Brunkert (1946), Britt Strandberg (1934), Jonny Nilsson (1943), and Göran Malmqvist (1924). After him are Lukas Moodysson (1969), Andreas Cervin (1888), Barbro Kollberg (1917), Per Wästberg (1933), Ragnar Malm (1893), and Stefan Olsdal (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 18. Before him are Hasse Ekman (1915), Mikael Håfström (1960), Erika Lust (1977), Gunnar Fischer (1910), Jonas Åkerlund (1965), and Tomas Alfredson (1965). After him are Kjell Grede (1936), Malik Bendjelloul (1977), Johan Renck (1966), Hannes Holm (1962), Daniel Espinosa (1977), and Linus Sandgren (1972).

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Filmography

The Great Adventure
Director
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. The cubs are attacked by the farmer and only one survives. An otter trapped in a burrow is rescued by 10-year-old Anders and his six-year-old brother, Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and finally domesticate it. They obtain food for the Otter by fishing through the ice on a frozen lake. The boys manage to keep their secret from their family. On the eve of the May Day festival, Kjell reveals to family and friends the otter's presence. Anders is so distressed that he runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life of natural freedom. The film was a prize winner at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Sep 28th 19536.9 / 10
The Flute and the Arrow
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A film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Dec 26th 19576.7 / 10
The Boy in the Tree
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Göte is a young teen who seems to be at odds with his family and may not know his own mind that well either. Discontented and rebellious, Göte joins up with two mean-spirited game poachers in spite of the fact that he loves animals and nature. This contradiction between his own feelings and his need to rebel reaches a climax when a forest ranger starts to track down the young men in ever-tightening circles.
Sep 25th 19616.7 / 10