Anita Killi (born 17 January 1968 in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

) is a Norwegian

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and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Background and work

Anita Killi studied

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and

illustration An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...

at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

(SHKS) in

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between 1988 and 1990 and

animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

Volda University College Volda University College ( no, Høgskulen i Volda or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in the town of Volda, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was established ...

between 1990 and 1992. She mastered in animation at SHKS in 1996. She also studied in

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. Anita Killi has made several award-winning animated films, among others ''The Hedge of Thorns'' (2001), distinguished as the Norwegian film to win the most international awards in 2002. In addition to animated art shorts, she has also made animated

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and sequences in

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and industrial films. In 2009 she completed the animated film '' Angry Man''. The film, dealing with

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, is based on

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and Svein Nyhus's picture book of the same title. As of 2011, the film had been shown on almost one hundred film festivals and won over forty awards, reportedly making Anita Killi the most awarded filmmaker in the world in 2010. Since 1995, Killi runs the animation studio Trollfilm AS from her family's farm in

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. The technique employed in most of her films is a combination of cutouts and

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technique, i.e. animation filmed in several planes. Killi mentions

Yuri Norstein Yuri Borisovich Norstein, People's Artist of Russia, PAR (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts ''Hedgehog in the Fog'' an ...

and

Michaël Dudok de Wit Michaël Dudok de Wit (; born 15 July 1953) is a Dutch animator, director and illustrator based in London. He won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' Father and Daughter'' (2000) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best ...

as sources of inspiration.

Selected filmography

* 1992: ''Glassballen'', 4 min. (director) * 1994: ''Sirkel'', 5 min. (animator) * 1996: ''Lávrasiid Áigi'' or ''Solens datter'' (international title ''Daughter of the Sun''), 12 min. (director) * 1997: ''Langt, langt borte'' (''Far, Far Away''), 4 min. (animator) * 1999: ''Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone'' (''The King Who Wanted More than One Crown'') * 2001: ''Tornehekken'' (''The Hedge of Thorns''), 13 min. (director) * 2009: ''Sinna mann'' (''Angry Man''), animation based on the picture book ''Sinna Mann''

References

External links

Anita Killi at Trollfilm
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Anita Killi
at the

Norwegian Film Institute The Norwegian Film Institute ( no, Norsk filminstitutt) was founded in 1955 to support and develop the Norwegian film industry. On 1 April 2008, it was merged with Norwegian Film Fund, Norwegian Film Development, and Norwegian Film Commission to ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killi, Anita 1968 births Living people People from Dovre People from Stavanger Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Volda University College alumni Norwegian expatriates in Estonia Norwegian animators Norwegian film directors Norwegian women animators Norwegian animated film directors Norwegian women film directors Norwegian illustrators Norwegian women illustrators