Jesper Moller (Danish: ''Møller'') is a Danish animator, screenwriter and movie-director. After initially working as character animator at

Sullivan Bluth Studios Don Bluth Entertainment (formerly Sullivan Bluth Studios) was an Irish-American animation studio established in 1979 by animator Don Bluth. Bluth and several colleagues, all of whom were former Disney animators, left Disney on September 13, 1979, ...

under the direction of

Don Bluth Donald Virgil Bluth (; born September 13, 1937) is an American film director, animator, production designer, and animation instructor, best known for his animated films, including '' The Secret of NIMH'' (1982), '' An American Tail'' (1986), ''Th ...

, he joined Danish animation studio A. Film A/S in Copenhagen, Denmark. After a period as the creative head of Feature Animation, also acting as sequence director on several films, he went on to co-direct (with Stefan Fjeldmark) the 2006 film Asterix and the Vikings, based on

René Goscinny René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schoo ...

and Albert Uderzo's comic book. In March 2008, Jesper Møller founded Copenhagen-based independent movie company Parka Pictures ApS. In January 2012 veteran German animation producer Lilian Klages joined Parka Pictures as CEO and Executive Producer.

Awards and nominations

In 2011, Jesper Møller was nominated "Director of the Year" at the Cartoon Movie 2011 in Lyon – France, for Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams.

Filmography

1988–1990: Animator on

All Dogs Go to Heaven ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'' is a 1989 animated musical fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots a ...

, Rock-a-Doodle and

A Troll in Central Park ''A Troll in Central Park'' (released in some countries as ''Stanley's Magic Garden'') is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy comedy film co-directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voice talents of Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leach ...

. 1991: Animator on FernGully: The Last Rainforest. 1992: Animator on

Once Upon a Forest ''Once Upon a Forest'' is a 1993 animated musical adventure film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Based on the ''Furlings'' characters created by Rae Lambert, the film was directed by Charles Grosvenor a ...

. 1993: Animator on

Thumbelina Thumbelina (; da, Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in ...

. 1993: Animator on

Asterix Conquers America ''Asterix Conquers America'' (in France as ''Astérix et les Indiens''; in Germany as ''Asterix in Amerika'') is a 1994 German animated film, directed by , and co-produced by Hahn and . The film is a loose adaptation of the ''Asterix'' graphic no ...

. :Supervising animator on Jungledyret Hugo. 1994: Animator on Felidae. 1994–1995: Storyboard/Development/Directing animator on

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 ''All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'' is a 1996 American animated musical fantasy adventure film, and a sequel to Goldcrest Films' animated film '' All Dogs Go to Heaven'' (1989). Produced by MGM/UA Family Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation ...

. :Directing animator on Jungledyret Hugo 2. 1996–1997: Sequence Director on

Quest for Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on t ...

. 1998–1999: Storyboard/Development/Directing animator on

Help! I'm a Fish ''Help! I'm A Fish'' ( da, Hjælp, jeg er en fisk; also known as ''A Fish Tale'') is a 2000 Danish-German-Irish traditionally animated science fantasy musical film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring and Michael Hegner, and written by ...

. 2000: Storyboard/Development on ''Troll Story''. 2001: Sequence Director on

Eight Crazy Nights ''Eight Crazy Nights'' (also known as ''Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights'') is a 2002 American adult animated musical black comedy film directed by Seth Kearsley and produced, co-written by and starring Adam Sandler in his first voice-acting role ...

. :Storyboard on Tarzan II. 2002–2006: Director and Character Designer on Asterix and the Vikings. 2006-: Director on Mikisoq. 2006–2009: Director on . 2008–2009: Director on . 2009: Screenplay on Mikisoq. 2009–2011: Screenplay on '. 2010–2011: Director on ''Prototyp (Pilot)''. (''In development'') 2011: Screenplay on ''

Harvie and the Magic Museum ''Harvie and the Magic Museum'' ( cz, Hurvínek a kouzelné muzeum) is a 2017 3D computer-animated comedy fantasy film based on the Czech Spejbl and Hurvínek puppet comedy duo.

''. 2010s: Character designer on '' Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods'' : Writer/Producer on '' Latte and the Magic Waterstone''

References

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Mikisoq – The Story
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Jesper 20th-century births Living people Danish animators Danish animated film directors Danish film directors Danish male screenwriters Danish storyboard artists Year of birth missing (living people)