FILM DIRECTOR

Urban Gad

1879 - 1947

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Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début film Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urban Gad is the 802nd most popular film director (up from 820th in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 395th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Urban Gad ranks 802 out of 2,041. Before him are William Daniels, Tsai Ming-liang, Richard C. Sarafian, Emile Ardolino, Isabel Coixet, and Yuri Ilyenko. After him are Scott Hicks, Krsto Papić, Ted Post, Ferenc Kósa, Roman Karmen, and Jonathan Glazer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Urban Gad ranks 151. Before him are Albert Taillandier, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Helena Roerich, André Roosevelt, Eugen Varga, and Henri Jobier. After him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Jin Shuren, E. H. Shepard, Zsigmond Móricz, Alfred Swahn, and Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda. Among people deceased in 1947, Urban Gad ranks 146. Before him are Felix Timmermans, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Richard Heidrich, Fyodor Dan, Johannes Winkler, and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Maxwell Perkins, Max Berg, José Pardo y Barreda, Eugène Lanti, Amadeo García, and Martin Klein.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Urban Gad ranks 400 out of 1,032. Before him are August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Robert Jacobsen (1912), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), Ada Adler (1878), Vagn Holmboe (1909), and Japetus Steenstrup (1813). After him are Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Johan Jensen (1859), Hans Ørberg (1920), Johnny Hansen (1943), Thomas Kingo (1634), and Simon Kjær (1989).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Urban Gad ranks 10. Before him are Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Erik Balling (1924), and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947). After him are Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Jørgen Leth (1937), August Blom (1869), Lone Scherfig (1959), and Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914).

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