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Jannik Hastrup

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born May 4, 1941 (83 years)
Jannik Hastrup is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including Benny's Bathtub, Dreaming of Paradise, Samson & Sally, War of the Birds, The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon, The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear and A Tale of Two Mozzies. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf. He also founded his own animation studio called "Dansk Tegnefilm".
Known For
  • War of the Birds
  • Samson & Sally
  • Benny's Bathtub
  • The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
  • Subway to Paradise
  • The Secret Weapon
  • H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow
  • Circleen: City Mice
  • Circleen: Mice and Romance
  • A Tale of Two Mozzies
  • Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse
  • Cirkeline
  • Trællene
  • Trællenes børn
  • The Revolt of the Thralls
  • Cirkeline, Coco og det vilde næsehorn
  • Cykelmyggen og minibillen
  • Concerto erotico

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