FILM DIRECTOR

Jørgen Leth

1937 - 2025

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Jørgen Leth (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn̩ ˈlet]; 14 June 1937 – 29 September 2025) was a Danish poet and film director who was considered a leading figure in experimental documentary filmmaking. Most notable is his documentary A Sunday in Hell (1977) and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human (1968). He was also a sports commentator for Danish television and was represented by the film production company Sunset Productions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jørgen Leth is the 971st most popular film director (down from 918th in 2024), the 464th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 437th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jørgen Leth ranks 971 out of 2,041. Before him are Kevin S. Bright, Tadashi Imai, Jonathan Nolan, Helmut Käutner, Mikael Håfström, and William Castle. After him are Giuseppe Amato, Kad Merad, Pasqualino De Santis, Gregg Toland, Raymond Bernard, and Karel Kachyňa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jørgen Leth ranks 345. Before him are Lenny Wilkens, Renato Longo, Linda Lavin, Merle Haggard, Jack Nitzsche, and Vasyl Durdynets. After him are Sergey Ling, Christina Schollin, Joanna Russ, Moacyr Scliar, Pat Roach, and Mohammad Hamid Ansari. Among people deceased in 2025, Jørgen Leth ranks 297. Before him are Saalumarada Thimmakka, Abu Obaida, Johnny Tillotson, Gailard Sartain, Lenny Wilkens, and Kim Sae-ron. After him are Homayoun Ershadi, Ruth Buzzi, Nancy Chodorow, Alf Clausen, Roy Jacobsen, and Léon Krier.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jørgen Leth ranks 464 out of 1,032. Before him are Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Karl Madsen (1855), Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821), Lauge Koch (1892), and Ole Ernst (1940). After him are Eugen Schmidt (1862), Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941), Paprika Steen (1964), Charles Winckler (1867), Nicklas Bendtner (1988), and Lorenz Frølich (1820).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Jørgen Leth ranks 13. Before him are Henning Carlsen (1927), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Urban Gad (1879), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Benjamin Christensen (1879). After him are August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), Ole Bornedal (1959), and Niels Arden Oplev (1961).

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