Gabriel Axel
Directing
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.
Known for
Directing31
movieLeïla
2001
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
moviePrince of Jutland
1994
Director
movieChristian
1989
Director
movieBabette's Feast
1987
Director
tvLes Colonnes du ciel
1985
Director
movieLe Curé de Tours
1980
Director
movieLe Coq de Bruyère
1980
Director
movieA Crime of Our Times
1977
Director
movieGoing for Broke
1977
Director
movieThe Goldcabbage Family
1975
Director
movieMed kærlig hilsen
1971
Director
movieAmour
1970
Director
movieSex and the Law
1968
Director
movieThe Red Mantle
1967
Director
movieParadise and Back
1964
Director
movieThree Girls in Paris
1963
Director
movieVi har det jo dejligt
1963
Director
movieOskar
1962
Director
movieCrazy Paradise
1962
Director
movieSkærmydsler
1961
Director
movieFlemming and Kvik
1960
Director
movieHelle for Helene
1959
Director
movieMøde ved midnat
1958
Director
movieThe Girls Are Willing
1958
Director
movieHenrik and Pernille
1957
Director
movieEn kvinde er overflødig
1957
Director
movieAlways Trouble
1955
Director
Acting23
movieThe Reluctant Sadist
1967
Marcel de Sade
movieEn ven i bolignøden
1965
von Bengeldorff
movieThree Girls in Paris
1963
French teacher
movieHan, hun, Dirch og Dario
1962
Modedesigneren Monsieur Baptiste
moviePeter's baby
1961
Lompard - Brigader
movieKispus
1956
Tailor
movieThe bride from Dragstrup
1955
Taxichauffør
movieDer kom en dag
1955
Stenert
movieJan går til filmen
1954
Instruktøren
movieHimlen er blaa
1954
Receptionist
movieUs Petty Sinners
1952
Værtshusgæst
Writing6
moviePrince of Jutland
1994
Screenplay
movieBabette's Feast
1987
Screenplay
movieAmour
1970
Writer
movieSex and the Law
1968
Writer
movieThe Red Mantle
1967
Writer
Creator1
tvLes Colonnes du ciel
1985
Creator