Flemming Quist Møller

Flemming Quist Møller
Møller in the 2010s
Born
Flemming Oluf Quist Møller

(1942-05-19)May 19, 1942
Denmark
DiedJanuary 31, 2022(2022-01-31) (aged 79)
Copenhague, Denmark
Occupation(s)Film director
Actor
Screenwriter
Years active1964-2020
Known forJungledyret Hugo
Spouse
Anne-Lise Larsen
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(m. 1995)​
ChildrenCarl Quist Møller
ParentAsger Quist Møller
Signature

Flemming Oluf Quist Møller[1] (19 May 1942 – 31 January 2022) was a Danish director, cartoonist, children's author, drummer, screenwriter, and actor.[2]

Career

As a director, he started with small experimental animation, often in collaboration with Jannik Hastrup. He made contributions as a children's author, and in a totally different ballgame, he was co-author of Anders Refn films such as Strømer (1976), The Heritage (1978) and Black Harvest (1993).[3][4]

Central to Quist Møller's sprawling work stands the cartoon Benny's Bathtub (1971) which he wrote the script for and directed together with Jannik Hastrup. It was selected by the Danish Ministry of Culture in 2006 as one of the ten most important Danish films ever. The film about a boy's colorful dream life in a modern apartment building is a musical satire of regimentation and an appeal to the playful imagination – characteristics include Quist Møller's work in many fields. In 1971 he and Hastrup received Danish Film Critics Association's Bodil Honorary Award for Benny's Bathtub.[5]

The charming Jungledyret Hugo (1993), which he both wrote and co-directed, was so successful that there were two sequels: Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt (1996) and Jungledyret Hugo 3 – fræk, flabet og fri (2007). The drawing style had become rounder, and his tone more family friendly. Cykelmyggen og Dansemyggen (2007) is based in the same musical legend style upon Quist Møller's own children's books about Cykelmyggen Egon.

Quist Møller was a percussionist in Bazaar with Peter Bastian and Anders Koppel.[6]

In 1994 Quist Møller received a Bodil Honorary Award for his total stake in Danish film.[7]

He died from a heart attack on 31 January 2022 in Copenhagen at the age of 79.[8]

Filmography

Work Year Credit Notes
Into The Darkness [da] 2020 Writer TV film
Mini and the Mozzies 2014 Direction Feature
Beyond Beyond 2014 Voice Feature
The Great Bear 2011 Voice Feature
Jungledyret Hugo 3 - fræk, flabet og fri 2007 Direction Feature
A Tale of Two Mozzies 2007 Direction Feature
The Fairytaler 2004 Voice TV series
Move Me 2003 Script consultant Feature
Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt 1996 Direction Feature
Fæhår & Harzen 1995 Gamle Ole TV series
Jungledyret Hugo 1993 Direction Feature
Black Harvest 1993 Script Feature
Slaget på tasken 1993 Script TV film
Brudevalsen [da] 1991 Appearance Short fiction
Emma's Shadow [da; de; fr; simple] 1988 Screenplay assistance Feature
Een gang strømer... [da] 1987 Script TV series
Kedsomhedens svøbe 1986 Direction Documentary
De flyvende djævle [da; fr; sv] 1985 Journalist Feature
Ladies on the rocks [da] 1983 Lennart, rockmusiker Feature
Det usynlige pattebarn [da] 1982 Direction Short fiction
Snuden i byen [da] 1980 Script Short fiction
Snuden rejser hjemmefra [da] 1980 Script Short fiction
Snuden vender hjem [da] 1980 Script Short fiction
Jul og grønne skove [da] 1980 Appearance TV series
Who is Murdering Who? 1978 Appearance Feature
The Heritage 1978 Script Feature
Strømer 1976 Script Feature
When Svante Disappeared 1975 Kriminaltegner Feature
Prenez le Comme un Homme 1975 Bent, Eriks kollega Feature
Kroppens træning og udtryk II [da] 1975 Music Documentary
The Girl and the Dream Castle 1974 Trikki Feature
Prince Piwi 1974 Direction Feature
Historiebogen 6: Midlertidige løsninger på problemerne [da] 1974 Voiceover Documentary
Historiebogen 5: Triumfens symfoni [da] 1974 Voiceover Documentary
Historiebogen 8: Natten er dyster [da] 1974 Voiceover Documentary
Historiebogen 3: Fremtiden er lys ... for nogen [da] 1973 Voiceover Documentary
Man må da selv kunne lave den børnehave [da] 1973 Animation Documentary
Mor, jeg har patienter [da] 1972 Leder af kollektiv Feature
Nu går den på Dagmar 1972 Mand på værtshus Feature
Historiebogen 2: I daggryet trodses alle farer [da] 1972 Voiceover Documentary
Historiebogen 1: Et flakkende lys i mørket [da] 1972 Voiceover Documentary
Historiebogen 4: Blodige forberedelser [da] 1972 Voiceover Documentary
Benny's Bathtub 1971 Direction Short fiction
AWOL 1971 Appearance Feature
The Case of the Missing Clerk 1971 Soldat, der finder liget Feature
Lost in the Sand 1971 Badeløven Feature
Nattens frelse 1971 Animation TV film
Ikke et ord om Harald [da] 1970 Ølmand TV film
Drengen og månen [da] 1968 Animation Short fiction
Sommerfuglen ønsker tillykke [da] 1968 Music Short fiction
God morgen [da] 1968 Direction Short fiction
Sonja 1968 Kaj, Gladys' ven TV series
It don't mean a thing 1967 Direction Experimental
Slambert [da] 1966 Direction Experimental
Børnenes ulandskalender 1966 1966 Direction TV series
Concerto erotica [da] 1964 Direction Experimental

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Flemming Quist Møller - dansk film database".
  2. ^ "Flemming Quist Møller – Gyldendal – Den Store Danske". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ^ John Sundholm; Isak Thorsen; Lars Gustaf Andersson; Olof Hedling; Gunnar Iversen; Birgir Thor Møller (20 September 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7899-0.
  4. ^ Eva Novrup Redvall (27 November 2013). Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-137-28841-7.
  5. ^ Peter Schepelern (2010). Filmleksikon. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 844–. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9.
  6. ^ Peter Bastian (4 June 2012). Mesterlære: En livsfortælling. Gyldendal. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-87-02-12529-0.
  7. ^ "1994". Bodilprisen (in Danish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  8. ^ Forfatter og tegner Flemming Quist Møller er død (in Danish)
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