---
name: "Mogens Rukov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mogens-rukov"
fi1m_id: "mogens-rukov"
imdb_id: "nm0750000"
tmdb_id: 4454
wikidata_id: "Q12327489"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 August 1943"
died: "18 December 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:19:50.036501+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mogens Rukov

## Identity

Mogens Rukov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mogens-rukov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mogens-rukov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750000
- **TMDB ID:** 4454
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12327489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogens_Rukov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12327489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4454

Writer. Born 4 August 1943 in Holstebro, Danmark. Died 18 December 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 August 1943, Holstebro, Danmark
- **Died:** 18 December 2015
- **Active:** 1984–1998
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 63 (1), 1990s 70 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogens_Rukov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12327489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4454

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Celebration*](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mogens Rukov (4 August 1943 – 18 December 2015) was a Danish screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote the screenplay for *The Celebration* (1998) with Thomas Vinterberg.

Rukov earned a university degree in Nordic philology and film in 1974. He taught at the National Film School of Denmark from 1975, helped establish its screenwriting department in 1985 and headed it until 2008.

He worked as a script consultant on *The Idiots* (1998) and co-wrote or contributed to several other films, including *Kira's Reason: A Love Story* (2001), *It's All About Love* (2003), *Reconstruction* (2003) and *The Inheritance* (2003). He received a Robert Award for the screenplay of *The Celebration*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Element of Crime* (1984), Fi1m 63, as Librarian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-element-of-crime.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Celebration* (1998), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)
- *The Idiots* (1998), Fi1m 54, Script Consultant, Consulting Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Juan* (2011), Screenplay
- *The Coach* (2009), Writer
- *Go with Peace Jamil* (2008), Writer
- *When a Man Comes Home* (2007), Writer
- *42plus* (2007), Screenplay
- *Manslaughter* (2005), Screenplay
- *Lars von Trier: Anecdotes* (2005), as Interviewee
- *Angels in Fast Motion* (2005), Script Consultant
- *Dogville* (2003), Thanks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Reconstruction* (2003), Writer
- *The Inheritance* (2003), Screenplay
- *It's All About Love* (2003), Screenplay
- *Hovmod* (2000), Script Consultant
- *The Celebration* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)
- *The Idiots* (1998), Consulting Editor, Script Consultant — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)
- *Elise* (1985), Writer
- *The Element of Crime* (1984), as Librarian — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-element-of-crime.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won

- Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse 2014: Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse (won)
- Nordic Council Film Prize 2005: Nordic Council Film Prize (won), for *Manslaughter*
- Bodil Honorary Award 2003: Bodil Honorary Award (won)
- Nordisk Film Prisen 2002: Nordisk Film Prisen (won)
- Robert Award for Best Screenplay 2002: Robert Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Kira's Reason: A Love Story*
- Allen Award 1999: Allen Award (won)
- Robert Award for Best Screenplay 1999: Robert Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *The Celebration*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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