- Sven Methling
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name = Sven Methling
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birthdate = birth date|1918|9|20|mf=y
birthplace =Copenhagen ,Denmark
deathdate = Death date and age|2005|8|7|1918|9|20
deathplace =Copenhagen ,Denmark
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occupation = Director, Screenwriter
yearsactive = 1946–1996
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awards = awd|Bodil Award |1955|Der kom en dag
awd|Bodil Award |1960|Vi er alle sammen tossede
awd|Starboy Award |1991|Krummerne Sven Johan Methling or Sven Methling Jr., (1918–2005), was a Danish film director and screenwriter. The son of actor and film director
Svend Methling , Methling Jr. was best known for a series of light-hearted comedies. His 1959 comedy "Vi er allesammen tossede" ("All of us are Crazy") received theBodil Award for Best Danish Film . Methling also received theBodil Award for Best Danish Film for the 1955 war drama "Der kom en dag" ("There Will Come a Day").Biography
Sven Johan Methling was born in
Copenhagen ,Denmark on September 20, 1918. As the son of film director Svend Methling, Methling Jr. was born into the film industry. He started work as a sound assistant with Palladium Films from 1940 to 1945. In 1944, Methling performed the leading role in the drama "Det Store Ansvar" ("The Great Responsibility"), directed by his father. Then in 1946, he co-directed with his father an animated feature, "Fyretøjet", based on the H.C. Andersen story.Methling made his solo directorial debut in 1953 with the crime drama "Kriminalsagen". His next effort, "Der kom en dag" ("There Will Come a Day") was a war drama about the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Based upon a novel by
Fleming B. Muus , the film received critical praise and was awarded theBodil Award for Best Danish Film of 1955. Over the next several years, Methling made a series of popular war comedies, the "Soldaterkammerater" movies ("Soldier Buddies"). In 1959, Methling directed the surreal comedy "Vi er allesammen tossede " ("We are Altogether Crazy") for which he was again awarded theBodil Award for Best Danish Film . During the 1960's, Methling began writing screenplays as well as directing, and hs name became synonymous with light-hearted comedies.In 1966, Methling became a teacher at Det Danske Filmskole (The Danish School of Film) and he was employed as a consultant at the the
Danish Film Institute from 1979 to 1981. In the 1990's Methling returned to directing with the popular comedy films, "The Crumbs" ("Krummerne"). Methling died in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 7, 2005.Filmography
External links
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* [http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=906 Det Danske Filminstitut]
* [http://www.danskefilm.dk/personer.php?id=7790 The Danish Film Database]Persondata
NAME= Methling, Sven
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Director, Screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH= 1918-9-20
PLACE OF BIRTH=Copenhagen ,Denmark
DATE OF DEATH= 2005-8-7
PLACE OF DEATH=Copenhagen ,Denmark
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