Carl Theodor Dreyer
Highest Rated: 100% Day of Wrath (1943)
Lowest Rated: 73% Gertrud (1965)
Birthday: Feb 3, 1889
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Carl Theodor Dreyer was born the illegitimate son of a Danish farmer father and a Swedish mother; when he was a young boy his mother died and he was adopted by a Danish family named Dreyer. He embarked upon several careers before becoming a journalist in 1909. In this position, he wrote a series of articles profiling Danish celebrities which put Dreyer in touch with the world of film and theater. In the tradition of other Scandinavian directors, he began his film career by writing scripts; he joined the Danish state studio, Nordisk Films, in 1913 and became a full time screenwriter two years later, scouting for and adapting literary material, writing intertitles and editing film.
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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86% |
|
Medea | Screenwriter | $16.1K | 1987 |
73% |
|
Gertrud |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1965 |
100% |
|
Ordet |
Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Caught the Ferry |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1948 |
100% |
|
Day of Wrath |
Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1943 |
98% |
|
Vampyr |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1932 |
98% |
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc |
Director, Writer, Film Editing |
$6.4K | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bride of Glomdal |
Director, Film Editing, Art Director |
- | 1926 |
100% |
|
Master of the House |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1925 |
94% |
|
Michael |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once Upon a Time |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 1922 |
No Score Yet |
|
Leaves From Satan's Book |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1921 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Parson's Widow |
Director, Writer |
- | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The President |
Director, Writer |
- | 1919 |