Carl Theodor Dreyer
Directing
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Directing22
movieGertrud
1964
Director
movieOrdet
1955
Director
movieStorstrøm Bridge
1950
Director
movieThorvaldsen
1949
Director
movieThey Caught the Ferry
1948
Director
movieThe Village Church
1947
Director
movieTwo People
1945
Director
movieDay of Wrath
1943
Director
movieVampyr
1932
Director
movieThe Bride of Glomdal
1926
Director
movieMaster of the House
1925
Director
movieMichael
1924
Director
movieOnce Upon a Time
1922
Director
movieLove One Another
1922
Director
movieThe Parson's Widow
1920
Director
movieThe President
1919
Director
Writing36
movieMedea
1989
Screenplay
movieGertrud
1964
Writer
movieOrdet
1955
Screenplay
movieThorvaldsen
1949
Screenplay
movieThe Village Church
1947
Screenplay
movieTwo People
1945
Writer
movieDay of Wrath
1943
Screenplay
movieVampyr
1932
Screenplay
movieThe Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
Screenplay
movieMichael
1924
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieThe Parson's Widow
1920
Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThe President
1919
Screenplay
movieLydia
1918
Writer
movieHotel Paradis
1917
Screenplay
movieDen mystiske selskabsdame
1917
Screenplay
Money
1915
Writer
movieThe Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
Screenplay
Acting13
movieDreyer's Gertrud
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieNitrate Flames
2015
Himself (archive footage)
movieCarl Dreyer
2006
Himself
movieA Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
1970
Self (archive footage)
Production4
movieOrdet
1955
Producer
movieThe Village Church
1947
Producer
movieDay of Wrath
1943
Producer
movieVampyr
1932
Producer
Editing3
Art2
movieMaster of the House
1925
Art Direction, Set Decoration
movieThe President
1919
Art Direction
Crew2
movieSophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
1972
In Memory Of
movieThe Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
Title Graphics