FILM DIRECTOR

Gabriel Axel

1918 - 2014

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Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014) was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Axel is the 283rd most popular film director (down from 234th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 138th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gabriel Axel ranks 283 out of 2,041. Before him are Philippe de Broca, Karel Zeman, Ousmane Sembène, Andrew Davis, Damiano Damiani, and Mikhail Kalatozov. After him are Wes Anderson, Elem Klimov, George Stevens, Tsui Hark, John Frankenheimer, and Youssef Chahine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gabriel Axel ranks 80. Before him are Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, Jin Youzhi, and B. K. S. Iyengar. After him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Richard Winters, Fernando Peyroteo, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and E. Howard Hunt. Among people deceased in 2014, Gabriel Axel ranks 86. Before him are Henry Hartsfield, Vladimir Beara, Hal Finney, Billy Milligan, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Siegfried Lenz. After him are Jean-Luc Dehaene, Alice Herz-Sommer, Ben Bradlee, Oscar de la Renta, Stuart Hall, and Gottfried John.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Gabriel Axel ranks 165 out of 1,032. Before him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), Ulrich Salchow (1877), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), Thorvald Stauning (1873), and Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540). After him are Verner Panton (1926), Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693), Gudfred (800), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Aksel Sandemose (1899), and Jens Juel (1745).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Gabriel Axel ranks 4. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), and Bille August (1948). After him are Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Benjamin Christensen (1879).

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