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Nikolaj Arcel

1972 - Today

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Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair, which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaj Arcel is the 1,538th most popular film director (up from 1,562nd in 2024), the 650th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 659th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 1,539 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Eyre, Tom Mankiewicz, Vincenzo Natali, Kevin Williamson, Steven Lisberger, Alexandre Aja, and Bert I. Gordon. After him are Oscar Apfel, Tatsuya Egawa, Raja Gosnell, Nikolay Akimov, and H. Bruce Humberstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 382. Before him are Claudia Black, Stephen Glass, Mark Hoppus, Jeff Kaplan, Masahiro Ando, and Hamdi Ulukaya. After him are Colin Ferguson, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Andrew Holness, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Nicolas Bro, and Željko Rebrača.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 650 out of 1,032. Before him are Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Mads Pedersen (1995), Connie Hedegaard (1960), Kai Winding (1922), Thomas Christiansen (1973), and Troels Rasmussen (1961). After him are Poul Heegaard (1871), Nicolas Bro (1972), Lars Elstrup (1963), Finn Pedersen (1925), DQ (1973), and Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1975).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 20. Before him are August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), Ole Bornedal (1959), and Niels Arden Oplev (1961). After him are Dan Laustsen (1954), Pernille Fischer Christensen (1969), and Tobias Lindholm (1977).

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