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Carl Theodor Dreyer

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.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 77% Medea Screenwriter $16.1K 1987
73% 75% Gertrud Director,
Screenwriter
- 1965
100% 91% Ordet Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Caught the Ferry Director,
Screenwriter
- 1948
100% 91% Day of Wrath Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1943
98% 82% Vampyr Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1932
98% 93% 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% 71% Master of the House Director,
Screenwriter
- 1925
94% 71% Michael Director,
Screenwriter
- 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Once Upon a Time Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing
- 1922
No Score Yet 55% 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