Mogens Rukov (1943) is a Danish screenwriter, playwright and professor at the Danish Film School in Copenhagen. He achieved a university degree in Nordic philology and film in 1974, shortly after he started teaching in screenwriting. Rukov is notorious known and much respected for shaping the new generations of Danish Sceenwriters. As a screenwriter, he has co-written several prominent screenplays including amongst others “The Celebration” (1998), “The Inheritance” (2003), “It’s All About Love” (2003), “Reconstruction” (2003). Rukov made his debut as a playwright with “The Funeral” premiering at the prominent Burgtheater in 2010 followed by The Commune in 2012.
