Film Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director

1889 - 1968

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His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2024). Carl Theodor Dreyer is the 90th most popular film director, the 74th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 69th 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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Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks #90 of 2,296 Film Directors worldwide, placing them among the top 4% of the profession.

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Carl Theodor Dreyer's biography appears in 58 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Film Directors.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 90 out of 2,296. Before him are Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Howard Hawks, James Ivory, Terry Gilliam, and Manoel de Oliveira. After him are John Carpenter, Wolfgang Petersen, Aki Kaurismäki, Dario Argento, Christopher Nolan, and Carlos Saura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 28. Before him are Carl von Ossietzky, Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, and Risto Ryti. After him are Jacob L. Moreno, Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Zalman Shazar, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Among people deceased in 1968, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 24. Before him are Georg von Küchler, Erwin Panofsky, Enid Blyton, Corneille Heymans, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Jim Clark. After him are Kees van Dongen, José Nasazzi, Neal Cassady, Alexandre Kojève, Pitirim Sorokin, and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 74 out of 1,230. Before him are Tollund Man (-400), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Anne of Denmark (1574), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Carl Bloch (1834), and Mads Mikkelsen (1965). After him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), Eric VI of Denmark (1274), Anna Karina (1940), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Arne Jacobsen (1902), and Eric V of Denmark (1249).

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Among Film Directors In Denmark

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

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