Morten Piil (1 March 1943 – 22 March 2018) was a Danish writer and

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outl ...

. He received a

Bodil Honorary Award The Bodil Honorary Award ( da, Æres-Bodil, Honorary Bodil) is one of the special awards at the annual Danish Bodil Awards presented by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was awarded for the first time at the 2nd Bodil Awards in 1949, and '' ...

in 2002 for his "long-standing contribution to Danish film literature". Piil was a film critic at ''

Berlingske Tidende ''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, ''Berling's Times''), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen. It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark. First published on 3 January 1749, ''Berlingske'' ...

'' 1962-67, and has since then been at ''

Dagbladet Information ''Information'' (), full name: ''Dagbladet Information'' (), is a Danish newspaper published Monday through Saturday. History and profile ''Dagbladet Information'' was established and published by the Danish resistance movement in 1943 during ...

'' where he has also written about literature and rock music. He was a film consultant at the

Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film ...

1975-77, and 1968-96 consultant for DR's film department. Piil has written several reference works on

Danish cinema Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religi ...

. His three books published on

Gyldendal Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal () is a Danish publishing house. Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of ...

, ''Danske filmskuespillere'' (''"Danish film actors"'') (2001), a monograph on 525 actors active in the period 1930-2001, ''Danske filminstruktører'' (''"Danish filmmakers"'') (2005), detailing 120 Danish film directors active between 1930 and 2005, 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, 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. Piil has translated three works of

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...

to Danish.

Selected works

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References

External links

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Morten Piil at
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