FILM DIRECTOR

Arne Sucksdorff

1917 - 2001

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Arne Edvard Sucksdorff (3 February 1917 – 4 May 2001) was a Swedish film director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries. His works include Pojken i trädet (The Boy in the Tree) and the Academy Award-winning Människor i Stad (Symphony of a City). Perhaps Sucksdorff's most widely admired work was the internationally acclaimed Det Stora Äventyret (1953) (The Great Adventure) about a year in the outdoors told in semidocumentary fashion from the viewpoint of a farmboy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arne Sucksdorff is the 1,116th most popular film director (up from 1,217th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 902nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swedish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 1,116 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Raoul Peck, Tony Gilroy, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Brian Yuzna, and Rustam Ibragimbekov. After him are Fred Schepisi, Sergio Amidei, Juliusz Machulski, Alexander Nevzorov, Pablo Larraín, and Barbara Hammer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 271. Before him are Madeleine Robinson, Birger Rosengren, James Donald, José Luis Sampedro, Ernesto Alonso, and Tetsuo Hamuro. After him are Larry O'Brien, Virginia Grey, Eugen Walaschek, Tofig Guliyev, Lise Nørgaard, and Wenche Foss. Among people deceased in 2001, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 250. Before him are Ranko Marinković, Jacques-Louis Lions, Maximos V Hakim, Bent Hansen, Jalil Zandi, and Daniel Lewin. After him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Charles Régnier, Thomas Sebeok, Francis Bebey, Mario Bergara, and Álvaro Magaña.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 838 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Andersson (1928), Marcus Allbäck (1973), Carl-Erik Holmberg (1906), Arvid Knöppel (1867), Haakon Sörvik (1886), and Mic Michaeli (1962). After him are Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852), Bert Bolin (1925), Bengt Eriksson (1931), Andreas Isaksson (1981), Claes Johanson (1884), and Lars Hanson (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff ranks 17. Before him are Johan Renck (1966), Ruben Östlund (1974), Erika Lust (1977), Hasse Ekman (1915), Gunnar Fischer (1910), and Mikael Håfström (1960). After him are Tomas Alfredson (1965), Jonas Åkerlund (1965), Kjell Grede (1936), Daniel Espinosa (1977), Malik Bendjelloul (1977), and Hannes Holm (1962).

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