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Biography of Carl Theodor Dreyer
Name: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Birth Date: February 3, 1889
Death Date: March 20, 1968
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality: Danish
Gender: Male
Occupations: film director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Although the output of Danish film director Carl Dreyer (1889-1968) was slim by Hollywood standards, he was nonetheless a master of early cinema. His insistence on artistic independence and the personal, idiosyncratic style of his films have influenced generations of European filmmakers.Born in Copenhagen on February 3, 1889, Dreyer's childhood is somewhat clouded in mystery. What facts are known are those he himself revealed to his friend and biographer, Ebbe Neergaard. According to some sources (and his own claim) he was the illegitimate son of a Swedish woman and that his father was unknown; other sources mention that his father was the Swede and his mother a Danish housekeeper. At any rate the boy was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by the Dreyer family. Dreyer's original family name remains unknown. His early life had something of a Dickensian tone about it. David Bordwell, in The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer, …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Festival.It was another ten years before Dreyer made Gertrud (1964), his final film. The distinguishing aspect of the film is that sound, particularly speech, supercedes image: Dreyer had the characters realistically speak past one another's lines. For this reason the film was initially poorly received in France (where Dreyer was revered) and elsewhere. Dreyer remained undaunted. For years he had been researching and writing a film, Jesus, but had unsuccessfully sought backing. In late 1967 and early 1968 the Danish government and RAI, the Italian film and television company, decided to finance the film. However Dreyer died on March 20, 1968 before work could proceed. Further Reading Bordwell, David, The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer, University of California Press, 1981.Cook, David A., A History of Narrative Film, W.W. Norton and Co., 1981.Guardian (London), April 6, 2000.Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1989.Newsday, April 9, 1947.Times (London), December 10, 1992."Biography of Carl Theodor Dreyer," http://clickit.go2net.com (October 21, 2001).
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