Ib Monty

Ib Monty was Director of the Dansk Filmmuseum (Danish Film Museum) from 1960 to 1997, and a well-respected figure of the FIAF community for nearly four decades.

One of the pioneers of film criticism in Denmark in the 1950s, first as one of the regular contributors to Kosmorama, then as editor of the magazine from 1960-67, he will be primarily remembered for his long career at the helm of the Danish Filmmuseum (Det Danske Filmmuseum, which was incorporated into the Danish Film Institute in 1996). In his 37-year tenure as Director, he pursued the work initially accomplished by his predecessor Ove Brusendorff to turn the Filmmuseum into an internationally recognized film archive, expanding dramatically its rich collections of films, books, journals, stills, and posters.

Between 1961 and 1973, he was a regular member of the FIAF Executive Committee. He was elected Honorary Member of FIAF during the Congress in Cartagena (Colombia) in April 1997.