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Flemming Quist Møller
Møller in the 2010s
Born	Flemming Oluf Quist Møller (1942-05-19)May 19, 1942 Denmark
Died	January 31, 2022(2022-01-31) (aged 79) Copenhague, Denmark
Occupation(s)	Film director Actor Screenwriter
Years active	1964-2020
Known for	Jungledyret Hugo
Spouse	Anne-Lise Larsen ​(m. 1995)​
Children	Carl Quist Møller
Parent	Asger Quist Møller
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Flemming Oluf Quist Møller (19 May 1942 – 31 January 2022) was a Danish director, cartoonist, children's author, drummer, screenwriter, and actor.

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).

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.

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.

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

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

Filmography

Awards

• 1971 Danish Film Critics Association's Bodil Honorary Award for Benny's Bathtub
• 1994 Danish Film Critics Association's Bodil Honorary Award for lifetime achievements

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)

External links

• Flemming Quist Møller in the Danish Film Database
• Flemming Quist Møller at IMDb
• Flemming Quist Møller in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)

• 1942 births
• 2022 deaths
• Bodil Honorary Award recipients
• Danish animated film directors
• Danish animators
• Danish film directors
• Danish male screenwriters
• Danish voice directors
• People from Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality