FILM DIRECTOR

Henning Carlsen

1927 - 2014

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Henning Carlsen (4 June 1927 – 30 May 2014) was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henning Carlsen is the 617th most popular film director (down from 543rd in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 269th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Henning Carlsen ranks 617 out of 2,041. Before him are Gore Verbinski, Arnold Fanck, King Hu, Luca Guadagnino, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. After him are Mario Camerini, Im Kwon-taek, Lawrence Kasdan, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Stagliano, and Juraj Herz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Henning Carlsen ranks 200. Before him are Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Josy Barthel, and Mirtha Legrand. After him are Cecil Bødker, Paul Volcker, Marianne Fredriksson, Josep Maria Subirachs, Hans Bauer, and Tom Bosley. Among people deceased in 2014, Henning Carlsen ranks 188. Before him are Edward Clancy, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Bernard Agré, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Wubbo Ockels, and Sulejman Tihić. After him are Jean-Jacques Marcel, Angéla Németh, Josep Maria Subirachs, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Tomaž Šalamun, and Paul Mazursky.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henning Carlsen ranks 307 out of 1,032. Before him are Erik Axelsson Tott (1419), H. C. Hansen (1906), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Johannes Ewald (1743), and Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910). After him are Cecil Bødker (1927), Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), Viggo Johansen (1851), Carl Christian Hall (1812), and Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Henning Carlsen ranks 7. Before him are Lars von Trier (1956), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), and Susanne Bier (1960). After him are Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), and Jørgen Leth (1937).

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