Peter Elfelt
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 1, 1866
Day of Death: February 18, 1931 (65 years old)
Place of Birth: Elsinore, Denmark
Peter Elfelt was a pioneering Danish photographer and filmmaker, recognized as Denmark's first filmmaker. Initially establishing himself as a prominent portrait photographer in Copenhagen, he became the royal court photographer in 1900. In 1897, Elfelt began producing documentary films, capturing significant national events and daily life in Denmark. He directed Denmark's first fiction film, The Execution (1903). Over his career, Elfelt produced approximately 200 films, many of which have been lost, but his contributions laid the foundation for Danish cinema.
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1911
1908
1907
Director
Engineer Corps Preparing for Explosions
Director
Volunteer Boys' Association
Director
Children's Welfare Day in Copenhagen
Director
Fru Ellen Aggerholm
Director
Badende Drenge i Skovshoved Havn
Director
Automobiler i Fredensborg
Director
Viking løber af Stabelen
Director
Engineers Building a Temporary Bridge
Director
Cattle Show in Haslev
Director
Københavnerbilleder
Director
Hestevæddeløb i Sverige
Director
May 1 demo in Slagelse
Director
King Frederik VIII's Arrival in Berlin
Director
The Orchestra at Frederiksberg Theater
Director
A Blasting Operation in Ordrup
Director
Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven
Director
Shrovetide Celebrations at Mogensen's
Director
Skøjteløbning i Fredericia
1906
Director
Holmenkollen Ski Jump
Director
The Life Guards on Amager
Director
The Gypsy Dance from the Opera 'Il Trovatore'
Director
The Icelandic Althing Visits Copenhagen
Director
Orpheus and Eurydice
Director
Lerfossen
Director
Militære Opvisninger paa Fælleden
Director
King Haakon's Visit to 'Dannenbrog' at Crown Prince Christian's Abode
Director
Kong Haakons og Dronning Mauds Besøg i Danmark
Director
17th of May in Norway
Director
Væddeløbene ved Eremitagen
Director
Kongerevue 1906
Director
Prinsen og Prinsessen af Wales' Ankomst til Trondhjem
Director
King Haakon's Arrival in Trondheim
Director
Zachariæs Selskab
Director
King Frederik VIII's Proclamation
Director
Kong Haakons besøg paa 'Herluf Trolle'
Director
The King and Queen Drive Between Kroningen and Trondheim Cathedral on 22 June 1906
Director
Kong Haakon og Dronning Mauds Indtog i Trondhjem
Director
Wania Tartakoff
Director
The Spiritist Faustinus
1905
1904
1903
Director
Dagmar Hansen
Director
The Tarantella from 'Napoli'
Director
The Execution
Director
Royal Shooting Party on Hveen
Director
La Sylphide
Director
King Christian IX Receives Grand Duke Friedrich-Franz
Director
Princess Marie With Horse
Director
De kongelige paa cykler i Fredensborg slotsgaard
Director
Artillery at Jægerspris
Director
Indsejlingen til Warnemünde 1903
Director
Kaiser Wilhelm arrival to Copenhagen 2.4
Producer
The Execution
Cinematography
The Execution
1902
Director
Pas de Deux
Director
Women bathing at Skovshoved Beach
Director
The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore
Director
Kejserinde Dagmars Ankomst til Bellevue
Director
Sct. Clemensbro i Aarhus
Director
Kongerevue paa Fælleden
Director
Queen Alexandra's Arrival to Toldboden
Director of Photography
Kejserinde Dagmars Ankomst til Bellevue
Director
The Children's Dance from 'Elverhøj'
