FILM DIRECTOR

Jørgen Leth

1937 - Today

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Jørgen Leth (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn̩ ˈlet]; born 14 June 1937) is a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his documentary A Sunday in Hell (1977) and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørgen Leth has received more than 187,718 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jørgen Leth is the 916th most popular film director (down from 879th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 405th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Danish Film Director.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

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  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jørgen Leth ranks 916 out of 2,041. Before him are Walter Lang, Masato Harada, Steven Zaillian, Kim Jee-woon, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Karel Kachyňa. After him are Chad Stahelski, Tay Garnett, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Philippe Rousselot, Christophe Gans, and Francesco Maselli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jørgen Leth ranks 310. Before him are Nikolay Drozdov, Moacyr Scliar, Galimzyan Khusainov, Anna Massey, Nélida Piñon, and Joe Henderson. After him are Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Lawrence Roberts, Una Stubbs, Ingrid Pitt, Jorge Cafrune, and Pierluigi Chicca.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jørgen Leth ranks 437 out of 1,032. Before him are Johan Jensen (1859), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815), Claes Bang (1967), Lorenz Frølich (1820), Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), and Viggo Larsen (1880). After him are Lauge Koch (1892), Kaare Klint (1888), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Patricia Crone (1945), Emil Hartmann (1836), and Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Jørgen Leth ranks 13. Before him are Henning Carlsen (1927), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Erik Balling (1924), Urban Gad (1879), Benjamin Christensen (1879), and Nicolas Winding Refn (1970). After him are Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), and Ole Bornedal (1959).

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