

Jannik Hastrup
Directing
May 4, 1941
Næstved, Denmark
Jannik Hastrup is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including Benny's Bathtub, Dreaming of Paradise, Samson & Sally, War of the Birds, The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon, The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear and A Tale of Two Mozzies. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf. He also founded his own animation studio called "Dansk Tegnefilm".
The Filmography


Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear

Circleen - Mice & Romance

Circleen - City Mouse

Hans Christian Andersen and the Long Shadow

The Secret Weapon

War of the Birds

Dreaming of Paradise
