Flemming Quist Møller Explained

Birth Name:Flemming Oluf Quist Møller
Birth Date:19 May 1942
Birth Place:Denmark
Death Place:Copenhague, Denmark
Occupation:Film director
Actor
Screenwriter
Known For:Jungledyret Hugo
Years Active:1964-2020
Signature:Underskrift af Flemming Quist Møller.jpg
Parents:Asger Quist Møller
Children:Carl Quist Møller

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

WorkYearCreditNotes
2020WriterTV 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 Fairytaler2004 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
1991 Appearance Short fiction
1988 Screenplay assistance Feature
1987 Script TV series
Kedsomhedens svøbe 1986 Direction Documentary
1985 Journalist Feature
1983 Lennart, rockmusiker Feature
1982 Direction Short fiction
1980 Script Short fiction
1980 Script Short fiction
1980 Script Short fiction
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
1975 Music Documentary
The Girl and the Dream Castle 1974 Trikki Feature
Prince Piwi 1974 Direction Feature
1974 Voiceover Documentary
1974 Voiceover Documentary
1974 Voiceover Documentary
1973 Voiceover Documentary
1973 Animation Documentary
1972 Leder af kollektiv Feature
Nu går den på Dagmar 1972 Mand på værtshus Feature
1972 Voiceover Documentary
1972 Voiceover Documentary
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
1970 Ølmand TV film
1968 Animation Short fiction
1968 Music Short fiction
1968 Direction Short fiction
Sonja 1968 Kaj, Gladys' ven TV series
It don't mean a thing 1967 Direction Experimental
1966 Direction Experimental
Børnenes ulandskalender 1966 1966 Direction TV series
1964 Direction Experimental

Awards

Notes and References

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