Jesper Moller (Danish: ''Møller'') is a Danish animator, screenwriter and movie-director.

Career

After initially working as character animator at

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under the direction of

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, 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

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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 comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth and co-directed by Gary Goldman (his directorial debut) and Dan Kuenster. Set in New Orleans in 1939, it tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin ...

, Rock-a-Doodle and A Troll in Central Park. 1991: Animator on FernGully: The Last Rainforest. 1992: Animator on Once Upon a Forest. 1993: Animator on

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

. 1993: Animator on Asterix Conquers America. :Supervising animator on Jungledyret Hugo. 1994: Animator on

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. 1994–1995: Storyboard/Development/Directing animator on All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. :Directing animator on Jungledyret Hugo 2. 1996–1997: Sequence Director on Quest for Camelot. 1998–1999: Storyboard/Development/Directing animator on Help! I'm a Fish. 2000: Storyboard/Development on ''Troll Story''. 2001: Sequence Director on Eight Crazy Nights. :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''. 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)