Carl Theodor Dreyer
Born: 1889-02-03 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1968-03-20
Known For: Directing
Biography
Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema. His best known films include The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964). Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark. His birth mother was an unmarried Scanian maid named Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, and he was put up for adoption by his birth father, Jens Christian Torp, a married Danish farmer living in Sweden who was his mother's employer. He spent the first two years of his life in orphanages until his adoption by a typographer named Carl Theodor Dreyer, and his wife, Inger Marie (née Olsen). He was named after his adoptive father, but in accordance with Danish practice, there is no "Senior" or "Junior" added to their names to distinguish them from each other. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2022
- Dreyer's Gertrud as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Nitrate Flames as Himself (archive footage)
2006
- Carl Dreyer as Himself
1995
- Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier as Himself
1989
- Medea ... (Screenplay)
1972
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ... (In Memory Of)
1970
- A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film as Self (archive footage)
1968
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
1966
- Carl Th. Dreyer as Self
1965
1964
- Gertrud ... (Writer)
1955
- Ordet ... (Director)
1954
- A Castle Within a Castle ... (Director)
1950
- Shakespeare og Kronborg ... (Writer)
- Storstrøm Bridge ... (Director)
1949
- Thorvaldsen ... (Director)
1948
- They Caught the Ferry ... (Director)
1947
- De gamle ... (Writer)
- The Village Church ... (Director)
- The Fight Against Cancer ... (Director)
1946
- Water from the Land ... (Director)
1945
- Two People ... (Director)
1943
- Day of Wrath ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Good Mothers ... (Director)
1932
- Vampyr ... (Producer)
1928
- The Passion of Joan of Arc ... (Editor)
1926
- The Bride of Glomdal ... (Writer)
1925
- Master of the House ... (Director)
1924
- Michael ... (Adaptation)
1922
- Once Upon a Time ... (Director)
- Love One Another ... (Director)
1920
- Leaves from Satan's Book ... (Director)
- The Parson's Widow ... (Director)
1919
- The President ... (Director)
- The Countess' Honour ... (Writer)
1918
- Lydia ... (Writer)
1917
- Den mystiske selskabsdame ... (Screenplay)
- Hotel Paradis ... (Screenplay)
1916
- The Spider's Prey ... (Writer)
- The Mystery of the Crown Jewels ... (Writer)
1915
- Money ... (Writer)
1914
- Lay Down Your Arms! ... (Writer)
1913
- Balloneksplosionen ... (Writer)
- Krigskorrespondenter ... (Writer)