Mogens Rukov is a Danish

Denmark

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Screenwriter

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He achieved a university degree in Nordic filology and film in 1974.
After that he became a teacher of the screenwriting department at the National Film School of Denmark

National Film School of Denmark

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Copenhagen

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His efforts to shape new generations of Danish screenwriters are much-respected.
He has also written or co-written several screenplays himself and functioned as a consultant on countless other films.

Filmography

• The Element of Crime
  The Element of Crime
  The Element of Crime is the first feature film directed by noted Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. The film, released in 1984, is also the first in the director's Europa trilogy...
  
  (1984) (consultant: scenario)
• Elise (1985) (writer)
• Space Wreck 1998 (International: English title)
• The Celebration
  The Celebration
  The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK....
  
  aka Dogme #1, 1998 (screenplay)
• The Idiots
  The Idiots
  The Idiots is a 1998 Danish film directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme '95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2...
  
  aka Dogme #2 (1998) (script consultant)
• The Third Lie (2000) (writer)
• Kira's Reason: A Love Story
  Kira's Reason: A Love Story
  Kira's Reason - A Love Story is a 2001 Danish drama directed by Ole Christian Madsen and written by Madsen and Mogens Rukov. The film stars Stine Stengade in a character study of a young mother who, released after two years a psychiatric ward, struggles to hold her marriage, family and life intact...
  
  aka Dogme #21  (2001) (screenplay in cooperation)
• It's All About Love
  It's All About Love
  It's All About Love is a 2003 film written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its narrative can be classified as apocalyptic science fiction, but Vinterberg prefers to call it "a dream". Unlike the director's earlier Danish-language films, It's All About Love is entirely in English and stars...
  
  (2003) (writer)
• Inheritance (2003) (screenplay)
• Reconstruction
  Reconstruction (2003 film)
  Reconstruction is the psychological romantic drama film and the debut of Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mogens Rukov...
  
  (writer)
• Purpose of Visit (2004) (writer)
• The Jewish Toy Merchant (2005) (writer)
• Manslaughter
  Manslaughter (2005 film)
  Manslaughter is a 2005 Danish film written and directed by Per Fly. The film stars Jesper Christensen and Pernilla August as well as Fly's wife Charlotte Fich....
  
  (2005) (writer)
• 42 plus (2007) (writer)
• A Man Comes Home (2007) (writer)
• Go in Peace, Jamil (2008) (co-writer)
• Comeback (2008) (dramaturgist)
• Everything Is Relative (2008) (writer)

External links

• Interview with The Dogme Doctor Mogens Rukov