Morten Piil

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Morten Piil
Born(1943-03-01)1 March 1943
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died22 March 2018(2018-03-22) (aged 75)
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)Film critic, writer

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

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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's film department. [4]

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, [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 to Danish.

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References

  1. ↑ "Filmelskeren i sit rette element". Information (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Se det er filmkritik!". Information (in Danish). 27 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Christian Braad Thomsen (2005). Vreden, gudinde, besyng!: tidslinjer 1940 - 2005 (in Danish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. pp. 162–. ISBN   978-87-595-2489-3.
  4. ↑ "Morten Piil | Gyldendal — Den Store Danske". denstoredanske.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Iversen, Ebbe (22 October 2001). "Ib, Iben og alle idolerne - Kultur". b.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Vindum, Anne (16 January 2006). "Op på fars hat og mors arbejde - Morten Piil DANSKE FILMINSTRUKTØRER". litteraturnu.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Iversen, Ebbe (18 November 2008). "Prægtigt værk om dansk film - Bøger". b.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Jensen, Peter Due. "Sentura — Morten Piil: Film på hjernen - 40 års bedste biografoplevelser". sentura.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Seidelin, Christopher (2013). "kosmorama231_194_artikel14.pdf" (PDF). pdf.js. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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