FILM DIRECTOR

Erik Balling

1924 - 2005

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Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created two of Denmark's most popular TV-series, Matador and Huset på Christianshavn. His feature film Qivitoq (1956) was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film. His 1962 film Den kære familie was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Balling is the 672nd most popular film director (up from 754th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 370th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Erik Balling ranks 672 out of 2,041. Before him are Sally Potter, Claude Miller, Steven Zaillian, James Whale, Henri Colpi, and Alejandro Amenábar. After him are Jim Sheridan, Georges Franju, Hamo Beknazarian, João César Monteiro, Andrew Marton, and Andrzej Munk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Erik Balling ranks 237. Before him are Max Roach, Jean-François Revel, Budge Patty, John Hansen, Klaus Huber, and Luděk Pachman. After him are György Lázár, Maurice Karnaugh, Jean Laplanche, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Vilgot Sjöman, and Marc Ferro. Among people deceased in 2005, Erik Balling ranks 149. Before him are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Giuseppe Caprio, Pierre Bachelet, Eduardo Paolozzi, Françoise d'Eaubonne, and Jimmy Smith. After him are Dan O'Herlihy, Camillo Felgen, Else Krüger, Marga López, Don Adams, and Romano Scarpa.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Erik Balling ranks 347 out of 1,032. Before him are John Hansen (1924), Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1668), Edgar Aabye (1865), Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), and Ghita Nørby (1935). After him are Georg Mohr (1640), Svend Asmussen (1916), Ludvig Lorenz (1829), Lis Hartel (1921), Peter Freuchen (1886), and Søren Kam (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Erik Balling ranks 8. Before him are Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), and Henning Carlsen (1927). After him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Jørgen Leth (1937), and August Blom (1869).

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