FILM DIRECTOR

Ole Bornedal

1959 - Today

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Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Danish film director, actor and producer. Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed Nattevagten (Nightwatch, 1994), a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake (Nightwatch) in 1997, starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Bornedal is the 1,406th most popular film director (down from 1,403rd in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 599th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ole Bornedal ranks 1,406 out of 2,041. Before him are Igor Maslennikov, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Mike Judge, Carlo Vanzina, Olivier Megaton, and Sidney Olcott. After him are Frank Tashlin, Jon Avnet, Edvin Laine, Norman Z. McLeod, Tom Shadyac, and Kwak Jae-yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ole Bornedal ranks 421. Before him are Paul McGann, Khadja Nin, Juan José Campanella, Hennadiy Kernes, Kirsty MacColl, and Christa Luding-Rothenburger. After him are Catherine Malabou, Ray Gillen, Alexandre Guimarães, Geoff Tate, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Kwak Jae-yong.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Bornedal ranks 613 out of 1,032. Before him are Ole Qvist (1950), Agnes Obel (1980), Bjørn Rasmussen (1885), Bjarke Ingels (1974), Karl Dane (1886), and Benny Andersen (1929). After him are Carsten Jensen (1952), Flemming Jørgensen (1947), Bodil Jørgensen (1961), Michael Krohn-Dehli (1983), John Hansen (1938), and Ole Rasmussen (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Ole Bornedal ranks 18. Before him are Benjamin Christensen (1879), Jørgen Leth (1937), August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), and Anders Thomas Jensen (1972). After him are Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Nikolaj Arcel (1972), Dan Laustsen (1954), and Tobias Lindholm (1977).

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