- First husband of Asta Nielsen; directed 30 of her films.
- The director Urban Gad began his career at the Danish theater. There he met the actress Asta Nielsen and they formed a very successful couple in the later film business. Asta Nielsen became the first European movie star at all.
- In the second part of the 10s - after his collaboration with Asta Nielsen ended - his film career diminished slowly.
- His films include a German-language adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Assumption of Hannele, which Gad directed in 1922.
- Urban Gad was married with the actress Asta Nielsen from 1912 to 1918.
- He went to Germany together with Asta Nielsen and in the next years he realised successful silent movies.
- His uncle was the famous painter Paul Gauguin.
- He was also not able to continue his film career in his native country and his last cinematical work came into being with "Lykkehjulet - Das Glücksrad/Pat und Patachon: Das entschwundene Testament" (1926).
- Because of lacking success he was only able to shoot several movies in Germany till 1922. Afterwards he returned to Denmark.
- Urban Gad shot his first movie as a director in 1910 with "Afgrunden - Abgründe" with Asta Nielsen.
- His mother was the (in Denmark) very well known playwright and expert of good manners Emma Gad.
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