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Nikolaj Arcel

1972 - Today

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Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. 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 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaj Arcel is the 1,529th most popular film director (up from 1,561st in 2019), the 649th 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 1,529 out of 2,041. Before him are Tom Mankiewicz, Vincenzo Natali, Kevin Williamson, Steven Lisberger, Alexandre Aja, and Bert I. Gordon. After him are Oscar Apfel, Raja Gosnell, Nikolay Akimov, H. Bruce Humberstone, Pavel Chukhray, and Kenneth Lonergan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 366. Before him are Michał Żebrowski, Claudia Black, Stephen Glass, Mark Hoppus, Jeff Kaplan, and Masahiro Ando. After him are Colin Ferguson, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Andrew Holness, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Željko Rebrača, and Giorgio Di Centa.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nikolaj Arcel ranks 649 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), Lars Elstrup (1963), Finn Pedersen (1925), DQ (1973), Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1975), and Lars Høgh (1959).

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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), and Tobias Lindholm (1977).

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