FILM DIRECTOR

August Blom

1869 - 1947

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August Blom (26 December 1869 – 10 January 1947) was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Blom has received more than 25,925 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). August Blom is the 1,127th most popular film director (down from 920th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 425th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Danish Film Director.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

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  • 1.79

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, August Blom ranks 1,127 out of 2,041. Before him are Roman Abelevich Kachanov, James Foley, James Algar, Matteo Garrone, Astrid Henning-Jensen, and Morten Tyldum. After him are Alan Taylor, Rex Ingram, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Luis Alcoriza, Maurice Cloche, and Pete Docter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, August Blom ranks 134. Before him are Juan Bautista Pérez, Alwin Mittasch, Myriam Harry, Bainbridge Colby, Constantin Angelescu, and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. After him are Helene Stöcker, Henriette Roland Holst, Harry Stafford, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Albert Engström, and Bill Haywood. Among people deceased in 1947, August Blom ranks 172. Before him are Albert Bruce Jackson, Ossi Oswalda, Edwin Hedley, Riichi Yokomitsu, Frank Heller, and Ellsworth Huntington. After him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Erich Hecke, Carrie Chapman Catt, Simon Janashia, and Grantley Goulding.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, August Blom ranks 509 out of 1,032. Before him are Peer Hultberg (1935), Caroline Wozniacki (1990), Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Thomas Gravesen (1976), and Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842). After him are Betty Nansen (1873), Paprika Steen (1964), Henning Enoksen (1935), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Tom Belsø (1942), and Jens Christian Christensen (1856).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, August Blom ranks 15. Before him are Erik Balling (1924), Urban Gad (1879), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Jørgen Leth (1937), and Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914). After him are Lone Scherfig (1959), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), Ole Bornedal (1959), Nikolaj Arcel (1972), and Dan Laustsen (1954).

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