Gabriel Axel
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 18, 1918
- Died
- February 9, 2014 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Aarhus, Denmark
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Leïla
Movie · Director
Lumière & Company
Movie · Director
Prince of Jutland
Movie · Director
Christian
Movie · Director
Babette's Feast
Movie · Director
Les Colonnes du ciel
TV · Director · 5 eps
Le Curé de Tours
Movie · Director
Le Coq de Bruyère
Movie · Director
Going for Broke
Movie · Director
A Crime of Our Times
Movie · Director
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
Movie · Director
The Goldcabbage Family
Movie · Director
Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
Movie · Director
Med kærlig hilsen
Movie · Director
Amour
Movie · Director
Sex and the Law
Movie · Director
The Red Mantle
Movie · Director
Regnvejr og ingen penge
TV · Director · 1 ep
Paradise and Back
Movie · Director
Dannevirkenatten
Movie · Director
Vi har det jo dejligt
Movie · Director
Three Girls in Paris
Movie · Director
Crazy Paradise
Movie · Director
Oskar
Movie · Director
Skærmydsler
Movie · Director
Flemming and Kvik
Movie · Director
Helle for Helene
Movie · Director
The Girls Are Willing
Movie · Director
Møde ved midnat
Movie · Director
En kvinde er overflødig
Movie · Director
Henrik and Pernille
Movie · Director
Always Trouble
Movie · Director