Background
Arcel was born and raised in Copenhagen to a psychologist mother and an architect father who divorced when he was seven.
Arcel was born and raised in Copenhagen to a psychologist mother and an architect father who divorced when he was seven.
He attended Bernadotte School in Hellerup and secondary school at Øster Borgerdyd Gymnasium. He then enrolled at the National Film School of Denmark from where he graduated as film director in 2001.
He is currently based in Hollywood where he is working on a feature adaptation of Don Winslow"s The Power of the Dog and a remake of Hitchcock"s Rebecca for Dreamworks. lieutenant was followed by the adventure film Island of Lost Souls in 2007 and the generational comedy Truth About Men in 2010. After experiencing an international breakthrough with A Royal Affair, he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in filmmaking there.
Arcel will be directing the movie Fables for Warner Brothers
On June 3, 2015, he was announced to direct the film-adaptation of Stephen King"s The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger. This first installment will be released January the 13th of 2017, it is expected that the filming will start at the beginning of 2016.