Anders Morgenthaler (born 5 December 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, animator and film director.

Biography

Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen Kolding and the National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a TV host on the Danish TV channel DR's children's show ''KatjaKaj og BenteBent'', and directed several

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, he eventually directed the feature film ''Princess'' in 2006, earning him a ''Nordisk Film Award''. Prior to this, comic strip '' Wulffmorgenthaler'' produced in collaboration with comedian Mikael Wulff, brought attention and success in 2001. A comic strip competition entry named ''Kalzone'', completed few hours before the entry deadline, submitted under the

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''Pernille Richter Andersson'', led to victory in the competition, and a one-month run in the national newspaper ''

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''. The strip became a regular feature on DR's internet culture portal in 2002, and in October 2003 it became a daily newspaper strip in ''Politiken''. Due to the unusually uninhibited and adult nature of the strip, this led to disgruntled reader reactions and cancelled subscriptions for Politiken, but the strip remained. It later became syndicated to Swedish tabloid newspaper ''

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'' in 2006. English versions of the strip also feature as a popular

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, and TV shows centered on the recurring character '' Dolph'', a blue

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, has been produced in various incarnations on DR.

Bibliography

* ''Wulffmorgenthaler'' (with Mikael Wulff) **1. ''Se, uden hænder!'' (''Look, No Hands!'') (2003, Politikens forlagshus, ) **2. ''Ups...'' (''Whoops...'') (2004, Politikens forlagshus, ) **3. ''Underholdning for hele familien!'' (''Fun for the Whole Family!'') (2005, Politikens forlagshus, ) **4. ''Smukke oplevelser i naturen'' (''The Beauty of Nature'') (2006, Politikens forlagshus, ) *''Morgenthalers Dyrefabler'' (''Morgenthaler's Animal Fables'') **''Baobabtræet'' (2005, Politikens forlagshus, ) **''Bjarnes tænder'' (2005, Politikens forlagshus, )

Filmography

*''Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer'' (2003, short film) *'' Raunchy - Watch Out'' (2004, music video) *''

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'' (2006) *''

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'' (2007) *''The Apple and the Worm'' (''Æblet og Ormen'', 2009) *'' The ABCs of Death - K is for Klutz'' (2013, short film) *'' I Am Here'' (2014) *''Mugge and the Street Party'' (2019)

Awards

*2006: The Nordisk Film Award

References

;Other sources
Anders Morgenthaler publications at Politikens forlagshus

Biography

Bibliography

Filmography

Awards

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