Carl Theodor Dreyer
Known for Directing · 13 credits
- Born
- 1889-02-03
- Died
- 1968-03-20
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Also known as
- Carl Theodor Dreyer · Carl T. Dreyer · Carl Th. Dreyer · Carl-Th. Dreyer · Carl Dreyer · 칼 테오도르 드레이어
Biography
Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director.
He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema. His best known films include The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964).
Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark. His birth mother was an unmarried Scanian maid named Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, and he was put up for adoption by his birth father, Jens Christian Torp, a married Danish farmer living in Sweden who was his mother's employer. He spent the first two years of his life in orphanages until his adoption by a typographer named Carl Theodor Dreyer, and his wife, Inger Marie (née Olsen). He was named after his adoptive father, but in accordance with Danish practice, there is no "Senior" or "Junior" added to their names to distinguish them from each other.
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Known For
Movies (13)
Dreyer's Gertrud
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1995
as Himself
Carl Dreyer
2006
as Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer
1966
as Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Dr. Cooks Arrival
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
1909
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1994
Nitrate Flames
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
1965
as Self
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020
as Self (archive footage)
About Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema. His best known films include The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964). Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark. His birth mother was an unmarried Scanian maid named Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, and he was put up for adoption by his birth father, Jens Christian Torp… With 13 credits spanning from 1909 to 2022, Carl Theodor Dreyer has appeared in 13 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Carl Theodor Dreyer Movies
- Dreyer's Gertrud (2022) — as Self (archive footage)
- Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995) — as Himself
- Carl Dreyer (2006) — as Himself
- Carl Th. Dreyer (1966) — as Self
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) — as Self
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