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Karsten Kiilerich

{{Short description|Danish film and television director}}

Karsten Kiilerich (21 January 1955, Slagelse) is a Danish film and television director, screenwriter and animator. He is a co-founder of the Danish animation studio A. Film Production, for which he still actively works. Kiilerich has been involved in over 20 feature and short films.[https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/karsten-kiilerich Karsten Kiilerich] at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

Kiilerich's animated short When Life Departs (1997) was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999 The 71st Academy Awards | 1999]. Academy Awards – Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 August 2021. He was also nominated for the Robert Award for Best Screenplay for Help! I'm a Fish (2001).{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Biography

Killerich was born in the town of Slagelse, Zealand on 21 January 1955.Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015) "Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times". CRC Press. {{ISBN|9781317519881}}. p. 139. Retrieved 20 August 2021. He initially worked as a school teacher.

= Film career =

He began his career in 1986 when he worked as an assistant animator for the film Valhalla. On 1 August 1988, Kiilerich co-founded the Danish animation studio A. Film Production[https://www.filmfestival.nl/en/person/karsten-kiilerich Karsten Kiilerich]. Nederlands Film Festival – filmfestival.nl. Retrieved 31 August 2021. alongside Stefan Fjeldmark, Jørgen Lerdan, Hans Perk and Anders Mastrup,Sundholm, John, Thorsen, Isak, Andersson, Lars Gustaf, Hedling, Olof, Iversen, Gunnar, Møller, Birgir Thor (31 August 2021) "Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema". Scarecrow Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae4QqlUDt9wC&dq=hans+perk&pg=PA54 p. 54]. Retrieved 1 September 2021. and they continue to work closely with each other. He worked as an animator and created several of his own short films throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. His feature film debut was The Ugly Duckling and Me!, released in 2006.

Filmography

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1997

! scope="row"|When Life Departs
Når livet går sin vej

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|style="text-align:left"|Short film; nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

2001

! scope="row"|Help! I'm a Fish

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|{{yes}}Smith, Neil (30 July 2001) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/07/30/help_im_a_fish_2001_review.shtml Help! I'm A Fish (Hjælp, jeg er en fisk) (2001)]. BBC News. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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|style="text-align:left"|Nominated for the Robert Award for Best Screenplay {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

2006

! scope="row"|The Ugly Duckling and Me!
Den grimme ælling og mig

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|style="text-align:left"|Feature film debut

2015

! scope="row"|Albert

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|style="text-align:left"|Milligan, Mercedes (3 November 2015) [https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/afm-shout-nabs-noram-rights-for-albert/ AFM: Shout! Nabs NorAm Rights for ‘Albert’]. Animation Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

2017

! scope="row"|The Little Vampire 3D

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|style="text-align:left"|Wolfe, Jennifer (16 May 2014) [https://www.awn.com/news/cmg-brings-little-vampire-cannes CMG Brings ‘The Little Vampire’ to Cannes]. Animation World Network. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

2018

! scope="row"|Up and Away
Hodja fra Pjort

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|style="text-align:left"|Jensen, Jorn Rossing (5 July 2016) [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/312363/ Hodja from Pjort returns from a feature and a musical to animation]. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

2020

! scope="row"|Raggie
Sipsik

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|style="text-align:left"|Boyce, Lawrence (6 August 2020) [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/390250/ Review: Raggie]. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

2023

! scope="row"|Panda Bear in Africa

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|style="text-align:left"|Upcoming filmAbbatescianni, Davide (26 June 2021) [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/406192/ Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich's Panda Bear in Africa in the works]. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

See also

  • Hans Perk–co-founder of A. Film Production, frequent collaborator

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|nm0478172}}

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Category:1955 births

Category:Living people

Category:Danish animators

Category:Danish film directors

Category:Danish male screenwriters

Category:People from Slagelse