1889 - 1968
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Theodor Dreyer has received more than 618,161 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, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 83 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 77
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 78
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 79
1944 - 2020
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 80
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 81
1924 - 1990
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 82
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 83
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 85
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 86
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 87
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 88
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 89
Among people born in 1889, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 23. Before 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 20. Before 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.
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 17
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 18
1889 - 1971
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 19
1889 - 1965
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 20
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 21
1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 22
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 23
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 24
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 25
1889 - 1949
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 26
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 28
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 29
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 14
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 15
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 16
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 17
1892 - 1968
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 18
1936 - 1968
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 19
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 20
1901 - 1968
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 21
1892 - 1968
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 22
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 23
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 24
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 25
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 26
Among people born in Denmark, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 62 out of 893. Before 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).
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 56
1886 - 1940
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 57
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 58
1922 - 2009
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 59
1218 - 1252
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 60
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 61
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 62
1902 - 1971
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 63
1043 - 1086
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 64
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 65
1874 - 1949
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 66
1574 - 1619
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 67
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 68
Among film directors born in Denmark, Carl Theodor Dreyer ranks 2. Before 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).
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 1
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 3
1918 - 2014
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 6
1927 - 2014
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 8
1879 - 1959
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 9
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 11
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 12