Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-02-12

Deathday

1947-12-26 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Korsør, Denmark

Urban Gad

Biography

Peter Urban Gad was a Danish director who worked mostly in Germany, directing 40 films between 1910 and 1927. From 1912 to 1918 he was married to his leading lady Asta Nielsen, who starred in 30 of his productions. Gad directed both the first feature-length Danish film (Den sorte drøm 1911) and the first feature-length German film (Die Verräterin 1911).

Known For

6.3%

The Abyss

Sep 12, 1910

6.3%

The Abyss

Sep 12, 1910

4.7%

The Black Dream

Sep 4, 1911

4.7%

The Black Dream

Sep 4, 1911

5.9%

Little Angel

Jan 3, 1914

5.9%

Little Angel

Jan 3, 1914

6.4%

Poor Jenny

Mar 2, 1912

6.4%

Poor Jenny

Mar 2, 1912

4.5%

The Traitress

Dec 9, 1911

4.6%

The Suffragette

Sep 12, 1913

4.7%

The Island of the Lost

Nov 21, 1921

4.6%

The Suffragette

Sep 12, 1913

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Camera

1911

The Great Moment as Director of Photography

Crew

1916

Cinderella as Cinematography

Directing

1926

Lykkehjulet as Director

1922

Hannele's Ascension as Director

1921		The Island of the Lost as Director
1921		Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon as Director
1921		My Life as a Night Editor as Director

1920		Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand as Director
1920		The Abyss of Souls as Director
1920		Such a Girl as Director

1919

The Game of Love and Death as Director

1917

Witching Hour as Director

1916		Cinderella as Director
1916		The White Roses as Director
1916		Frontstairs and Backstairs as Director
1916		Little Angel's Wedding as Director
1916		Die Ewige Nacht as Director

1915		The False Asta Nielsen as Director
1915		Die Tochter der Landstrasse as Director

1914		Das Feuer as Director
1914		Zapata's Gang as Director
1914		Das Kind ruft as Director
1914		Little Angel as Director

1913		The Film Prima Donna as Director
1913		S1 as Director
1913		The Suffragette as Director
1913		Death in Seville as Director
1913		Die Sünden der Väter as Director
1913		Jugend und Tollheit as Director

1912		Comedians as Director
1912		A Romany Spy as Director
1912		The House of Ill Repute as Director
1912		When the Mask Falls as Director
1912		The General's Children as Director
1912		Der Totentanz as Director
1912		Poor Jenny as Director
1912		Zu Tode Gehetzt as Director
1912		Die Macht des Goldes as Director

1911		The Amateur's Generosity as Director
1911		The Traitress as Director
1911		When Passion Blinds Honesty as Director
1911		The Strange Bird as Director
1911		Gypsy Blood as Director
1911		The Great Moment as Director
1911		The Black Dream as Director
1911		Thru Trials to Victory as Director
1911		The Moth as Director
1911		Gypsy Blood as Director

1910		The Abyss as Director
1910		A Recruit from 64 as Director

Editing

1910

A Recruit from 64 as Editor

Writing

1920

The Abyss of Souls as Writer

1919

The Game of Love and Death as Writer

1917

Witching Hour as Writer

1916		Cinderella as Writer
1916		The White Roses as Writer
1916		Frontstairs and Backstairs as Writer
1916		Little Angel's Wedding as Writer
1916		Die Ewige Nacht as Writer

1915

Die Tochter der Landstrasse as Writer

1914		Das Feuer as Writer
1914		Zapata's Gang as Writer
1914		Das Kind ruft as Writer
1914		Little Angel as Writer

1913		The Film Prima Donna as Writer
1913		S1 as Writer
1913		The Suffragette as Writer
1913		Death in Seville as Writer
1913		Die Sünden der Väter as Writer
1913		Jugend und Tollheit as Writer

1912		Comedians as Writer
1912		A Romany Spy as Writer
1912		When the Mask Falls as Writer
1912		Der Totentanz as Writer
1912		Poor Jenny as Writer
1912		Zu Tode Gehetzt as Writer
1912		Die Macht des Goldes as Writer

1911		The Strange Bird as Writer
1911		The Great Moment as Writer
1911		The Black Dream as Writer
1911		The Moth as Writer
1911		Gypsy Blood as Writer

1910

The Abyss as Writer