Urban Gad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Urban Gad

Danish filmmaker (1879-1947)

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1879

Place of Birth: Skælskør, Region Zealand, Denmark

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1947

Profession: screenwriter, painter, film director

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Peter Urban Gad (12 February 1879 in Korsør, Denmark – 26 December 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish film director.
He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927.
His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début the famous film Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910.
They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922. His uncle was Paul Gauguin.
His mother was the (in Denmark) very well known playwright and expert of good manners Emma Gad. His films include a German-language adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Assumption of Hannele, which Gad directed in 1922.