FILM DIRECTOR

Gabriel Axel

1918 - 2014

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Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014) was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Axel has received more than 103,571 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Gabriel Axel is the 234th most popular film director (up from 275th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 157th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gabriel Axels by language

Over the past year Gabriel Axel has had the most page views in the with 12,534 views, followed by Danish (4,598), and French (3,871). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (494.94%), Persian (183.40%), and Malagasy (130.48%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gabriel Axel ranks 234 out of 2,041. Before him are Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, Arthur Penn, Věra Chytilová, Gus Van Sant, and Edwin S. Porter. After him are Ruggero Deodato, Terence Young, Jacques Becker, Béla Tarr, Jafar Panahi, and Michael Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gabriel Axel ranks 65. Before him are E. Howard Hunt, Lila Kedrova, Derek Barton, Sam Walton, Henryk Szeryng, and W. Eugene Smith. After him are Kakuei Tanaka, Edwin G. Krebs, Takashi Kasahara, Robert Aldrich, John Forsythe, and João Figueiredo. Among people deceased in 2014, Gabriel Axel ranks 65. Before him are James Garner, Tito Vilanova, Chespirito, Oscar de la Renta, Věra Chytilová, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi. After him are Ernst Albrecht, Vujadin Boškov, Hilderaldo Bellini, Billy Milligan, Kim Song-ae, and Vladimir Beara.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Gabriel Axel ranks 138 out of 1,032. Before him are Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Gudfred (800), Lars Ulrich (1963), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), and Magnus II of Sweden (1130). After him are Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Otto Jespersen (1860), and Jesper Christensen (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Gabriel Axel ranks 4. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), and Bille August (1948). After him are Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Erik Balling (1924), Urban Gad (1879), Benjamin Christensen (1879), and Nicolas Winding Refn (1970).

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Filmography

Babette's Feast
Director
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
Aug 11o 19877.2 / 10
Lumière and Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Dec 20o 19956.3 / 10
Royal Deceit
Director
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
Feb 23o 19945.6 / 10