{{Short description|Danish writer and film critic (1943–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Morten Piil | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|3|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|03|22|1943|03|01}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film critic, writer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Morten Piil''' (1 March 1943 – 22 March 2018<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.information.dk/kultur/2018/03/filmelskeren-rette-element |title=Filmelskeren i sit rette element |work=Information | accessdate=25 March 2018|language=Danish}}</ref>) was a Danish writer and [[film critic]]. He received a [[Bodil Honorary Award]] in 2002 for his "long-standing contribution to Danish film literature".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.information.dk/78891|title=Se det er filmkritik!|work=Information|date=27 February 2003|accessdate=11 February 2015|language=Danish}}</ref><ref name="Thomsen2005">{{cite book|author=Christian Braad Thomsen|author-link=:da:Christian Braad Thomsen|title=Vreden, gudinde, besyng!: tidslinjer 1940 - 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GNbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|year=2005|publisher=Lindhardt og Ringhof|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-595-2489-3|page=162}}</ref>

Piil was a film critic at ''[[Berlingske Tidende]]'' 1962–67, and has since then been at ''[[Dagbladet Information]]'' where he has also written about literature and rock music. He was a film consultant at the [[Danish Film Institute]] 1975–77, and 1968-96 consultant for [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]'s film department.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Film/Filmteoretikere_og_-kritikere/Morten_Piil |title=Morten Piil &#124; Gyldendal&nbsp;— Den Store Danske |work=denstoredanske.dk |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>

Piil has written several reference works on [[Danish cinema]]. His three books published on [[Gyldendal]], ''Danske filmskuespillere'' (''"Danish film actors"'') (2001), a [[monograph]] on 525 actors active in the period 1930–2001,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.b.dk/kultur/ib-iben-og-alle-idolerne |title=Ib, Iben og alle idolerne – Kultur |first=Ebbe |last=Iversen |work=b.dk |date=22 October 2001 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> ''Danske filminstruktører'' (''"Danish filmmakers"'') (2005), detailing 120 Danish film directors active between 1930 and 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://litteraturnu.dk/op-pa-fars-hat-og-mors-arbejde-morten-piil-danske-filminstruktorer/ |title=Op på fars hat og mors arbejde – Morten Piil DANSKE FILMINSTRUKTØRER |first=Anne |last=Vindum |work=litteraturnu.dk |date=16 January 2006 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> and ''Gyldendals danske filmguide'' (''"Gyldendals Danish film guide"'') (2008), a description of 1200 Danish feature films&nbsp;— virtually every major film release from 1930 to 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.b.dk/boeger/praegtigt-vaerk-om-dansk-film |title=Prægtigt værk om dansk film – Bøger |first=Ebbe |last=Iversen |work=b.dk |date=18 November 2008 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> poses with a total volume of approximately 1,800 pages the most comprehensive survey of Danish film and the main figures behind it.

In 2003, ''Information'' published ''Film på hjernen: 40 års bedste biografoplevelser'' a 664-page selection of his film criticism from the last 40 years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sentura.dk/piil_anmeldelse.html |title=Sentura&nbsp;— Morten Piil: Film på hjernen – 40 års bedste biografoplevelser |first=Peter Due |last=Jensen |work=sentura.dk |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://video.dfi.dk/Kosmorama/magasiner/231/kosmorama231_194_artikel14.pdf |title=kosmorama231_194_artikel14.pdf |first=Christopher |last=Seidelin |work=pdf.js |date=2013 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>

Piil has translated three works of [[Vladimir Nabokov]] to Danish.

==Selected works== * {{cite book|author1=Ib Monty|author2=Morten Piil|title=Se&nbsp;— det er film: en antologi af filmessays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxMHMwEACAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Fremad|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=Ib Monty|author2=Morten Piil|title=Se&nbsp;— det er film: en antologi af filmessays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXXRoAEACAAJ|volume=2|year=1965|publisher=Fremad|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=Ib Monty|author2=Morten Piil|title=Se&nbsp;— det er film: en antologi af filmessays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fC2RoAEACAAJ|volume=3|year=1966|publisher=Fremad|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=Per Calum|author2=Morten Piil|author3=Viggo Holm Jensen|author4=Ib Monty|title=Generationsskifte i Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HR0ltwAACAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Det Danske Filmmuseum|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=Ib Monty|author2=Morten Piil|title=Se, det er film&nbsp;— i klip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbP5cQAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Fremad|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=François Truffaut|author2=Alfred Hitchcock|author3=Morten Piil|title=Hitchcock om Hitchcock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXBqKQEACAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Rhodos|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish}} * {{cite book|author1=Peter Kirkegaard|author2=Morten Piil|author3=Bo Tao Michaëlis |author4=Jørgen Stegelmann |author5=Marianne Rosen |author6=Anders Bodelsen|title=Truffaut: tolv film-essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LG-5tgAACAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Centrum|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-583-0270-6}} * {{cite book|author=Morten Piil|title=Gyldendals filmguide: danske film fra A til Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmdZAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-00-47806-0}} * {{cite book|author1=Christian Monggaard|author-link1=:da:Christian Monggaard|author2=Morten Piil|title=Filmquiz: Bind 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJoxygAACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Informations Forlag|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-7514-089-3}} * {{cite book|author=Morten Piil|title=Film på hjernen: 40 års bedste biografoplevelser|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b39rQgAACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Informations forlag|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-7514-077-0}} * {{cite book|author1=Christian Monggaard|author-link1=:da:Christian Monggaard|author2=Jacob Wendt Jensen|author3=Morten Piil|title=Filmquiz: Bind 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FcIcgAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Informations Forlag|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-7514-102-9}} * {{cite book|author=Morten Piil|title=Danske filminstruktører|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaJ8QgAACAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-02-02981-9}} * {{cite book|author=Morten Piil|title=Danske filmskuespillere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTfvg7es7VQC|year=2006|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-02-02104-2}} * {{cite book|author=Morten Piil|title=Gyldendals danske filmguide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=caRYl94i7xUC|year=2008|publisher=Gyldendal|location=Copenhagen, Denmark|language=Danish|isbn=978-87-02-06669-2}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0683159}} * [http://www.information.dk/morten-piil Morten Piil at] ''[[Dagbladet Information]]''

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