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FILM DIRECTOR

Carl Theodor Dreyer

1889 - 1968

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Carl Theodor Dreyer (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈtsʰe̝ːotɒ ˈtʁɑjˀɐ]; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his movies are noted for emotional austerity and slow, stately pacing, frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life.His 1928 movie The Passion of Joan of Arc is considered to be one of the great movies of all time, renowned for its cinematography and use of close-ups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Theodor Dreyer has received more than 611,156 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Carl Theodor Dreyer is the 83rd most popular film director (up from 87th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Film Director.

Carl Theodor Dreyer is most famous for his 1928 film, The Passion of Joan of Arc.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 83 out of 1,581Before him are Dziga Vertov, Ernst Lubitsch, Dario Argento, Alan Parker, David Lean, and Sergei Parajanov. After him are Alain Resnais, Zhang Yimou, Carlos Saura, Satyajit Ray, René Clair, and Christopher Nolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 23Before him are Gabriel Marcel, Carl von Ossietzky, Paul Karrer, Louise Mountbatten, Gabriela Mistral, and Han van Meegeren. After him are Jacob L. Moreno, Risto Ryti, Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, Pitirim Sorokin, and Edgar Adrian. Among people deceased in 1968, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 20Before him are Georg von Küchler, Karl Barth, George Gamow, Enid Blyton, Erwin Panofsky, and Jim Clark. After him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Corneille Heymans, Kees van Dongen, Henry Hallett Dale, Neal Cassady, and Pitirim Sorokin.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 62 out of 893Before him are Anna Karina (1940), Gerda Wegener (1886), Carl Nielsen (1865), Aage Bohr (1922), Abel, King of Denmark (1218), and Mads Mikkelsen (1965). After him are Arne Jacobsen (1902), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), August Krogh (1874), Anne of Denmark (1574), and Inge Lehmann (1888).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 2Before him are Lars von Trier (1956). After him are Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), and Jørgen Leth (1937).

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