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FILM DIRECTOR

Erik Balling

1924 - 2005

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Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, Matador and Huset på Christianshavn. His feature film Qivitoq (1956) was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Balling has received more than 53,312 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Balling is the 721st most popular film director (down from 645th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 316th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Erik Balling ranks 721 out of 1,581. Before him are Baz Luhrmann, Sergei Gerasimov, Baltasar Kormákur, Phillip Noyce, Sion Sono, and Karel Lamač. After him are Robert Z. Leonard, Sergei Bodrov, András Kovács, Rosa von Praunheim, Uwe Boll, and Billy Hayes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Erik Balling ranks 225. Before him are J. J. Johnson, Vilgot Sjöman, Isadore Singer, Ján Chryzostom Korec, Sabu Dastagir, and Jaime Lusinchi. After him are Paruyr Sevak, Friederike Mayröcker, Pierre Sinibaldi, Eduardo Fajardo, Hidemaro Watanabe, and Inge Sørensen. Among people deceased in 2005, Erik Balling ranks 154. Before him are André Waterkeyn, Sunil Dutt, Serge Lang, Frank Gorshin, Virginia Mayo, and Camillo Felgen. After him are Suzanne Flon, Zurab Zhvania, Ralph Erskine, Pál Losonczi, Marc Lawrence, and Else Krüger.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Erik Balling ranks 350 out of 893. Before him are Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Cecil Bødker (1927), Simon Kjær (1989), and Benjamin Christensen (1879). After him are Mikkel Hansen (1987), Thomas Kingo (1634), Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120), Martin Braithwaite (1991), Richard Martin West (1941), and Henning Larsen (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Erik Balling ranks 10. Before him are Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Benjamin Christensen (1879). After him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Jørgen Leth (1937), August Blom (1869), Urban Gad (1879), Lone Scherfig (1959), and Anders Thomas Jensen (1972).

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Filmography

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