Flemming 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]

Møller in the 2010s

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: Jungle Animal 2 – the great film hero (1996) and Hugo the Movie Star: Cheeky, flippant and free (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 2020 Writer TV flim
Mini and the Mozzies2014DirectionFeature
Beyond Beyond2014VoiceFeature
The Great Bear2011VoiceFeature
A Tale of Two Mozzies2007DirectionFeature
Jungo Goes Bananas: Jungo III2007DirectionFeature
The Fairytailer2004VoiceTV series
Move Me2003Script consultantFeature
Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt1996DirectionFeature
Fæhår & Harzen1995Gamle OleTV series
Black Harvest1993ScriptFeature
Jungledyret Hugo1993DirectionFeature
Slaget på tasken1993ScriptTV film
Brudevalsen1991AppearanceShort fiction
Emma's Shadow1988Screenplay assistanceFeature
Een gang strømer...1987ScriptTV series
Kedsomhedens svøbe1986DirectionDocumentary
De flyvende djævle1985JournalistFeature
Ladies on the rocks1983Lennart, rockmusikerFeature
Det usynlige pattebarn1982DirectionShort fiction
Snuden i byen1980ScriptShort fiction
Snuden rejser hjemmefra1980ScriptShort fiction
Snuden vender hjem1980ScriptShort fiction
Jul og grønne skove1980AppearanceTV series
Who is Murdering Who?1978AppearanceFeature
The Heritage1978ScriptFeature
Strømer1976ScriptFeature
When Svante Disappeared1975KriminaltegnerFeature
Prenez le Comme un Homme1975Bent, Eriks kollegaFeature
Kroppens træning og udtryk II1975MusicDocumentary
The Girl and the Dream Castle1974TrikkiFeature
Prince Piwi1974DirectionFeature
Historiebogen 6: Midlertidige løsninger på problemerne1974VoiceoverDocumentary
Historiebogen 5: Triumfens symfoni1974VoiceoverDocumentary
Historiebogen 8: Natten er dyster1974VoiceoverDocumentary
Historiebogen 3: Fremtiden er lys ... for nogen1973VoiceoverDocumentary
Man må da selv kunne lave den børnehave1973AnimationDocumentary
Mor, jeg har patienter1972Leder af kollektivFeature
Nu går den på Dagmar1972Mand på værtshusFeature
Historiebogen 2: I daggryet trodses alle farer1972VoiceoverDocumentary
Historiebogen 1: Et flakkende lys i mørket1972VoiceoverDocumentary
Historiebogen 4: Blodige forberedelser1972VoiceoverDocumentary
Benny's Bathtub1971DirectionShort fiction
AWOL1971AppearanceFeature
The Case of the Missing Clerk1971Soldat, der finder ligetFeature
Lost in the Sand1971BadeløvenFeature
Nattens frelse1971AnimationTV film
Ikke et ord om Harald1970ØlmandTV film
Drengen og månen1968AnimationShort fiction
Sommerfuglen ønsker tillykke1968MusicShort fiction
God morgen1968DirectionShort fiction
Sonja1968Kaj, Gladys' venTV series
It don't mean a thing1967DirectionExperimental
Slambert1966DirectionExperimental
Børnenes ulandskalender 19661966DirectionTV series
Concerto erotica1964DirectionExperimental

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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