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Torill Kove
Torill Kove (born 25 May 1958) is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film '' The Danish Poet'', co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Life and career Born in Hamar, in the south of Norway near Oslo, Kove has lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 1982. She moved to Montreal to continue her academic studies in urban planning at Concordia University earning a master's degree (MUP '89) at McGill University later changing her major to animation. Kove has previously stated that she in fact did not watch much animation until she was in her thirties. Unemployed in the fall of 1991, rather than look for work she spent time at the NFB's former public access facility on St. Denis Street, where every day she would watch films. "Two things happened as I was sifting through the NFB animation collection: one was excitement at having discovered such a wonderful treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Torill, also written Toril and Thorill, is a Norwegian feminine given name. It may refer to: * Toril Brekke (born 1949), Norwegian novelist and author * Torill Eide (born 1950), Norwegian children's writer * Torill Eidsheim (born 1970), Norwegian politician * Torill Fjeldstad (born 1958), Norwegian alpine skier * Torill Fonn (born 1967), Swedish ultramarathon runner * Toril Førland (born 1954), Norwegian alpine skier * Thorill Gylder (born 1958), Norwegian racewalker * Toril Hallan, Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor * Toril Hetland Akerhaugen (born 1982), Norwegian footballer * Torhild Johnsen (born 1934), Norwegian politician * Torill Kove (born 1958), Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator * Toril Marie Øie (born 1960), Norwegian judge * Toril Moi (born 1953), American literature academic * Torill Selsvold Nyborg (born 1952), Norwegian nurse, missionary and politician * Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943–2014), Norwegian non-fiction writer and illustrator See also [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
