Jannik Hastrup
Directing
1941-05-04 (85 years old)
Næstved, Denmark
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".
When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the...
Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mot...
Fagin is the bad bird of an otherwise idyllic forest. He assaults the nest of two wrens an...
Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need ...
A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults...