Carl Theodor Dreyer
DirectingCarl 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
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
Nitrate Flames
Himself (archive footage)
Carl Dreyer
Himself
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
Self (archive footage)
Filmography — Acting
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
Nitrate Flames
Himself (archive footage)
Carl Dreyer
Himself
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
Self (archive footage)
Dreyer's Gertrud
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Cooks Arrival
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Filmography — Crew
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Director
Vampyr
Producer
Ordet
Director
Day of Wrath
Screenplay
Medea
Screenplay
The Bride of Glomdal
Writer
Michael
Screenplay
Gertrud
Writer
The Parson's Widow
Director
Once Upon a Time
Director
Love One Another
Director
Thorvaldsen
Director
They Caught the Ferry
Director
The President
Director
Lydia
Writer
Money
Writer
Leaves from Satan's Book
Director
Water from the Land
Director
The Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Writer
Two People
Director
The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
Screenplay
Master of the House
Director
Storstrøm Bridge
Director
De gamle
Writer
Balloneksplosionen
Writer
Hotel Paradis
Screenplay
Good Mothers
Director
A Castle Within a Castle
Director
Lay Down Your Arms!
Writer
The Spider's Prey
Writer
Shakespeare og Kronborg
Writer
The Countess' Honour
Writer
Den mystiske selskabsdame
Screenplay
The Village Church
Director
The Fight Against Cancer
Director
The War Correspondents
Writer