Gabriel Axel
Born: 1918-04-18 in Aarhus, Denmark
Died: 2014-02-09
Known For: Directing
Biography
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.
Filmography
2011
- Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama as Sig selv
2001
- Leïla ... (Director)
1995
- Lumière & Company ... (Director)
1994
- Prince of Jutland ... (Director)
1989
- Christian ... (Director)
1987
- Babette's Feast ... (Director)
1985
- Les Colonnes du ciel ... (Director)
1980
- Le Curé de Tours ... (Director)
- Le Coq de Bruyère ... (Director)
1977
- Going for Broke
- A Crime of Our Times ... (Director)
1975
- The Goldcabbage Family ... (Director)
1972
- Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves ... (Director)
- Nu går den på Dagmar
1971
- Med kærlig hilsen as Mr. X
1970
- Amour ... (Director)
1968
- Sex and the Law ... (Director)
1967
- The Red Mantle ... (Director)
- The Reluctant Sadist as Marcel de Sade
1966
1965
- En ven i bolignøden as von Bengeldorff
1964
- Dannevirkenatten ... (Director)
- Paradise and Back ... (Director)
1963
- Three Girls in Paris as French teacher
- Vi har det jo dejligt ... (Director)
1962
- Han, hun, Dirch og Dario as Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
- Oskar ... (Director)
- Crazy Paradise ... (Director)
1961
- Skærmydsler ... (Director)
- Peter's baby as Lompard - Brigader
1960
- Flemming and Kvik ... (Director)
1959
- Helle for Helene ... (Director)
1958
- The Girls Are Willing ... (Director)
- Styrmand Karlsen
- Møde ved midnat ... (Director)
1957
- Henrik and Pernille ... (Director)
- En kvinde er overflødig ... (Director)
1956
- Kispus as Tailor
1955
- Der kom en dag as Stenert
- The bride from Dragstrup as Taxichauffør
- Always Trouble ... (Director)
1954
- Himlen er blaa as Receptionist
- Kongeligt besøg
- Jan går til filmen as Instruktøren
- Karen, Maren og Mette
- Det er så yndigt at følges ad
1953
- Vi som går køkkenvejen
- Skatteøens hemmelighed as Knud Asmussen
1952
- Us Petty Sinners as Værtshusgæst