Person · Director and screenwriter · Active 1945–1995
Gabriel Axel
1918–2014, Aarhus
Danes director and screenwriter, born in Aarhus. Directed Babette's Feast (1987), Lumière and Company (1995) and Prince of Jutland (1994).
His debut feature, the social-realist drama Nothing But Trouble (1955), was highly praised, and the breakthrough came with the TV film A Woman Not Wanted in 1957.
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In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, and is considered his masterpiece, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's Babette's Feast.
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Films in this guide
1980s
- Babette's Feast (1987)director, screenwriter
1990s
- Prince of Jutland (1994)director, screenwriter
- Lumière and Company (1995)director