---
name: "Morten Højbjerg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/morten-hjbjerg"
fi1m_id: "morten-hjbjerg"
imdb_id: "nm1069370"
tmdb_id: 32722
wikidata_id: "Q38051170"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "31 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T15:04:47.119497+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."
---

# Morten Højbjerg

## Identity

Morten Højbjerg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/morten-hjbjerg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** morten-hjbjerg
- **IMDb ID:** nm1069370
- **TMDB ID:** 32722
- **Wikidata ID:** Q38051170
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38051170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1069370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32722

Editor. Born 31 October 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 31 October 1975
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Benjamin Caron](https://film.one/person/benjamin-caron.md), [Frances Parker](https://film.one/person/frances-parker.md), [Jonathan Pryce](https://film.one/person/jonathan-pryce.md), [Luke Dunkley](https://film.one/person/luke-dunkley.md), [Tim Porter](https://film.one/person/tim-porter.md), [Yan Miles](https://film.one/person/yan-miles.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (2), 2020s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $16m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38051170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1069370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32722

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86)
- **Apple TV:** [*Slow Horses*](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Morten Højbjerg is a Danish film and television editor. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark, where his teachers included Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Jørgen Leth and Walter Murch. He began working in the industry at the age of 19 as a runner at a production company in Copenhagen and later moved to London.

Højbjerg has edited or co-edited Danish features including *After the Wedding* (2006), *Melancholia* (2011), *Nymphomaniac* (2013) and *The Vanishing* (2019). He has also worked on international productions such as *The Crown* (2016–2020) and *Hanna* (2019–2020). He received an award recognising him as Denmark’s busiest editor over a ten-year period.

His television credits include episodes of *Slow Horses* (2022), *Andor* (2022–2025), *Constellation* (2024) and *Top Boy* (2019). He has also edited music videos.

*Sources: imdb.com, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, Co-Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Constellation* (2024), series, Editor
- *Andor* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Bus Girl* (2022), Editor
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Against the Ice* (2022), Editor
- *Trigonometry* (2020), series, Editor
- *Top Boy* (2019), series, Editor
- *The Vanishing* (2019), Editor
- *Trust* (2018), series, Editor
- *You Disappear* (2017), Editor
- *The Crown* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Giant* (2016), Editor
- *The Man Who Saved the World* (2014), Editor
- *The Legacy* (2014), series, Editor
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. I* (2013), Editor
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), Editor
- *The Great Bird Race* (2012), Editor
- *Melancholia* (2011), Co-Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *No Time for Love* (2009), Editor
- *Defamation* (2009), Editor
- *Arn: The Knight Templar* (2007), Editor
- *The Black Madonna* (2007), Editor
- *Triple Dare* (2006), Editor
- *After the Wedding* (2006), Editor
- *Young Andersen* (2005), Editor
- *The Babylon Syndrome* (2004), Editor
- *The Five Obstructions* (2003), Editor
- *Sandwich Man*, Editor

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