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FILM DIRECTOR

Henning Carlsen

1927 - 2014

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Henning Carlsen (4 June 1927 – 30 May 2014) was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henning Carlsen has received more than 35,074 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henning Carlsen is the 642nd most popular film director (up from 663rd in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 329th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Henning Carlsen ranks 642 out of 1,581. Before him are André Delvaux, Allan Dwan, Terence Fisher, Steno, Ivan Pyryev, and Fatih Akin. After him are Alberto Cavalcanti, Todd Phillips, Richard Williams, Frances Marion, J. Stuart Blackton, and John Madden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Henning Carlsen ranks 182. Before him are Lee Konitz, Sadako Ogata, Vladimir Kuts, Emmanuel III Delly, Dany Robin, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are Dorothy Manley, Shoji Nishio, Mirtha Legrand, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Josep Maria Subirachs, and John Ashbery. Among people deceased in 2014, Henning Carlsen ranks 163. Before him are Käbi Laretei, Paul Mazursky, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jeremy Thorpe, Emmanuel III Delly, and Peret. After him are Stefanie Zweig, Rafael Addiego Bruno, On Kawara, Josep Maria Subirachs, Josep Seguer, and Carmelo Simeone.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henning Carlsen ranks 322 out of 893. Before him are Tony Rominger (1961), Viggo Jensen (1874), Johannes Ewald (1743), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Aarestrup (1800), and Eugen Schmidt (1862). After him are Jakob Nielsen (1957), Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821), Sophus Nielsen (1888), Georg Mohr (1640), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), and Frank Arnesen (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Henning Carlsen ranks 7. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), and Susanne Bier (1960). After him are Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Jørgen Leth (1937), and August Blom (1869).

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Filmography

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