Urban Gad

Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author.

They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922.

In 1873, the painter Paul Gauguin married his father's cousin, Mette-Sophie Gad.

Between 1912 and 1918, Gad was married to actress Asta Nielsen.

His films include a German-language adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Assumption of Hannele, which Gad directed in 1922.