# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolaj-arcel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:52:08.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolaj-arcel"
name: "Nikolaj Arcel"
slug: "nikolaj-arcel"
description: "Nikolaj Arcel is a Danish filmmaker. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair, which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower."
tagline: "Danish film director and screenwriter"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1972-08-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump