Jannik Hastrup
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1941-05-04 · Næstved, Denmark
Known for
- The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002) — Director
- Samson & Sally (1984) — Writer
- Benny's Bathtub (1971) — Director
- War of the Birds (1990) — Director
- Six Kids and the Honeymooners (1967) — Opening/Ending Animation
- The Secret Weapon (1995) — Director
- Circleen, Coco and the Wild Rhinoceros (2018) — Director
- Dreaming of Paradise (1987) — Director
- A Tale of Two Mozzies (2007) — Director
- Circleen - City Mouse (1998) — Director
- Circleen - Mice & Romance (2000) — Director
- Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse (2004) — Director
- Animation Has No Borders (1986) — Animation
- Hans Christian Andersen and the Long Shadow (1998) — Director
- Revolutionen i vandkanten (1971)
- The Revolt of the Thralls (1979) — Director