Chris Van Allsburg

Forfatter, Producer

18. juni 1949 (76 år)
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.

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Kendt for

  • Jumanji
    Jumanji1995
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
    Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle2017
  • Polar-ekspressen
    Polar-ekspressen2004
  • Jumanji: The Next Level
    Jumanji: The Next Level2019
  • Zathura - et eventyr i rummet
    Zathura - et eventyr i rummet2005
  • Jumanji
    Jumanji3 sæsoner
  • How to Deal
    How to Deal2003

Filmografi

2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · as Original Film Writer
1995
Jumanji · as Novel