# Morten Piil

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Danish writer and film critic (1943–2018)

Morten Piil Born (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 22 March 2018(2018-03-22) (aged 75) Occupations Film critic, writer

**Morten Piil** (1 March 1943 – 22 March 2018[1]) was a Danish writer and [film critic](/source/Film_critic). He received a [Bodil Honorary Award](/source/Bodil_Honorary_Award) in 2002 for his "long-standing contribution to Danish film literature".[2][3]

Piil was a film critic at *[Berlingske Tidende](/source/Berlingske_Tidende)* 1962–67, and has since then been at *[Dagbladet Information](/source/Dagbladet_Information)* where he has also written about literature and rock music. He was a film consultant at the [Danish Film Institute](/source/Danish_Film_Institute) 1975–77, and 1968-96 consultant for [DR](/source/DR_(broadcaster))'s film department.[4]

Piil has written several reference works on [Danish cinema](/source/Danish_cinema). His three books published on [Gyldendal](/source/Gyldendal), *Danske filmskuespillere* (*"Danish film actors"*) (2001), a [monograph](/source/Monograph) on 525 actors active in the period 1930–2001,[5] *Danske filminstruktører* (*"Danish filmmakers"*) (2005), detailing 120 Danish film directors active between 1930 and 2005,[6] and *Gyldendals danske filmguide* (*"Gyldendals Danish film guide"*) (2008), a description of 1200 Danish feature films — virtually every major film release from 1930 to 2008,[7] 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.[8][9]

Piil has translated three works of [Vladimir Nabokov](/source/Vladimir_Nabokov) to Danish.

## Selected works

- Ib Monty; Morten Piil (1964). [*Se — det er film: en antologi af filmessays*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lxMHMwEACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Fremad.

- Ib Monty; Morten Piil (1965). [*Se — det er film: en antologi af filmessays*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VXXRoAEACAAJ) (in Danish). Vol. 2. Copenhagen, Denmark: Fremad.

- Ib Monty; Morten Piil (1966). [*Se — det er film: en antologi af filmessays*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fC2RoAEACAAJ) (in Danish). Vol. 3. Copenhagen, Denmark: Fremad.

- Per Calum; Morten Piil; Viggo Holm Jensen; Ib Monty (1969). [*Generationsskifte i Hollywood*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HR0ltwAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Det Danske Filmmuseum.

- Ib Monty; Morten Piil (1970). [*Se, det er film — i klip*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lbP5cQAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Fremad.

- François Truffaut; Alfred Hitchcock; Morten Piil (1973). [*Hitchcock om Hitchcock*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VXBqKQEACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Rhodos.

- Peter Kirkegaard; Morten Piil; Bo Tao Michaëlis; Jørgen Stegelmann; Marianne Rosen; Anders Bodelsen (1985). [*Truffaut: tolv film-essays*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LG-5tgAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Centrum. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-583-0270-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-583-0270-6).

- Morten Piil (2000). [*Gyldendals filmguide: danske film fra A til Z*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UmdZAAAAMAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-00-47806-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-00-47806-0).

- [Christian Monggaard](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Monggaard) [in Danish]; Morten Piil (2003). [*Filmquiz: Bind 1*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wJoxygAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Informations Forlag. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7514-089-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7514-089-3).

- Morten Piil (2003). [*Film på hjernen: 40 års bedste biografoplevelser*](https://books.google.com/books?id=b39rQgAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Informations forlag. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7514-077-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7514-077-0).

- [Christian Monggaard](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Monggaard) [in Danish]; Jacob Wendt Jensen; Morten Piil (2004). [*Filmquiz: Bind 2*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2FcIcgAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Informations Forlag. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7514-102-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7514-102-9).

- Morten Piil (2005). [*Danske filminstruktører*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gaJ8QgAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-02-02981-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-02-02981-9).

- Morten Piil (2006). [*Danske filmskuespillere*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uTfvg7es7VQC) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-02-02104-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-02-02104-2).

- Morten Piil (2008). [*Gyldendals danske filmguide*](https://books.google.com/books?id=caRYl94i7xUC) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-02-06669-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-02-06669-2).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Filmelskeren i sit rette element"](https://www.information.dk/kultur/2018/03/filmelskeren-rette-element). *Information* (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Se det er filmkritik!"](http://www.information.dk/78891). *Information* (in Danish). 27 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thomsen2005_3-0)** [Christian Braad Thomsen](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Braad_Thomsen) [in Danish] (2005). [*Vreden, gudinde, besyng!: tidslinjer 1940 - 2005*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7GNbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA162) (in Danish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 162. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-595-2489-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-595-2489-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Morten Piil | Gyldendal — Den Store Danske"](http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Film/Filmteoretikere_og_-kritikere/Morten_Piil). *denstoredanske.dk*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Iversen, Ebbe (22 October 2001). ["Ib, Iben og alle idolerne – Kultur"](http://www.b.dk/kultur/ib-iben-og-alle-idolerne). *b.dk*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Vindum, Anne (16 January 2006). ["Op på fars hat og mors arbejde – Morten Piil DANSKE FILMINSTRUKTØRER"](http://litteraturnu.dk/op-pa-fars-hat-og-mors-arbejde-morten-piil-danske-filminstruktorer/). *litteraturnu.dk*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Iversen, Ebbe (18 November 2008). ["Prægtigt værk om dansk film – Bøger"](http://www.b.dk/boeger/praegtigt-vaerk-om-dansk-film). *b.dk*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Jensen, Peter Due. ["Sentura — Morten Piil: Film på hjernen – 40 års bedste biografoplevelser"](http://www.sentura.dk/piil_anmeldelse.html). *sentura.dk*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Seidelin, Christopher (2013). ["kosmorama231_194_artikel14.pdf"](http://video.dfi.dk/Kosmorama/magasiner/231/kosmorama231_194_artikel14.pdf) (PDF). *pdf.js*. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

## External links

- [Morten Piil](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683159/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Morten Piil at](http://www.information.dk/morten-piil) *[Dagbladet Information](/source/Dagbladet_Information)*

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