FILM DIRECTOR

Benjamin Christensen

1879 - 1959

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Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor, both in film and on the stage. As a director, he was best known for his 1922 film Häxan (aka Witchcraft Through the Ages). His most memorable and acclaimed acting performance was in the film Michael (1924), where he played Claude Zoret, the male lover of the film's title character in a landmark gay film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Christensen is the 912th most popular film director (down from 839th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Benjamin Christensen ranks 912 out of 2,041. Before him are Wanda Jakubowska, Philippe Rousselot, Yoshishige Yoshida, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jean Becker, and Mary Lambert. After him are Cristian Mungiu, Oldřich Lipský, Barry Ackroyd, Hasse Ekman, Wayne Wang, and Masato Harada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Benjamin Christensen ranks 172. Before him are Antti Tulenheimo, Beals Wright, Alfred Abel, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, and Pierre Cérésole. After him are Cyril Scott, Will Rogers, Adolf Lindfors, Martin Mutschmann, Émile Nelligan, and Agnes Miegel. Among people deceased in 1959, Benjamin Christensen ranks 146. Before him are Walter Bathe, Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, Pierre Frieden, Sténio Vincent, and G. D. H. Cole. After him are Adolf Lindfors, Nazik al-Abid, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Antonio Campolo, Preston Sturges, and Francis de Miomandre.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Benjamin Christensen ranks 446 out of 1,032. Before him are Bodil Joensen (1944), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Pia Kjærsgaard (1947). After him are Axel Schandorff (1925), Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1595), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Niels Neergaard (1854), Klaus Berntsen (1844), and Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1584).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Benjamin Christensen ranks 12. Before him are Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), and Nicolas Winding Refn (1970). After him are Jørgen Leth (1937), August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), and Ole Bornedal (1959).

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