Anders Morgenthaler

Infobox Comics creator


name = Anders Morgenthaler
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birthdate = birth date and age|1972|12|5
location = Copenhagen, Denmark
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nationality = Danish
area = artist, writer, film director
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notable works = "Wulffmorgenthaler" "Dolph"
awards = Nordisk Film Award, 2006

Anders Morgenthaler (born December 5, 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, and film director.

Biography

Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen i Kolding and The National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a TV host on the Danish TV channel DR's children's show "KatjaKaj og BenteBent", and directed several music videos, he eventually directed the feature film "Princess" in 2006, earning him a "Nordisk Film Award".

Prior to this, comic strip "Wulffmorgenthaler" produced in collaboration with comedian Mikael Wulff, brought attention and success in 2001. A comic strip competition entry named "Kalzone", completed few hours before the entry deadline, submitted under the pseudonym "Pernille Richter Andersson", led to victory in the competition, and a one month run in the national newspaper "Politiken".cite web | last =DR.dk | title = Anders Morgenthaler | url =http://dr.dk/Tema/Tegneserier/Dommerpanel/20070118185842.htm|language=Danish] The strip became a regular feature on DR's internet culture portal in 2002, and in October 2003 it became a daily newspaper strip in "Politiken".cite web | last =komiks.dk | title = Gæstelisten | url =http://www.komiks.dk/2004/DK/01_gaester.html|language=Danish] Due to the unusually uninhibited and adult nature of the strip, this led to disgruntled reader reactions and cancelled subscriptions for Politiken, but the strip remained. It later became syndicated to Swedish tabloid newspaper "Aftonbladet" in 2006.cite web | last =Politiken | title = Wulffmorgenthaler indtager Sverige | date =2006-10-15 | url =http://politiken.dk/udland/article186361.ece |language=Danish] English versions of the strip also feature as a popular webcomic, and TV shows centered around the recurring character "Dolph", a blue fascist hippopotamus, has been produced in various incarnations on DR.

Bibliography

* "Wulffmorgenthaler" (with Mikael Wulff)
**1. "Se, uden hænder!" ("Look, No Hands!") (2003, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 87-91293-77-4)
**2. "Ups..." ("Whoops...") (2004, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 87-91518-74-1)
**3. "Underholdning for hele familien!" ("Fun for the Whole Family!") (2005, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 87-567-7909-7)
**4. "Smukke oplevelser i naturen" ("The Beauty of Nature") (2006, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 87-567-8240-3)

*"Morgenthalers Dyrefabler" ("Morgenthaler's Animal Fables")
**"Baobabtræet" (2005, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 978-87-567-7563-6)
**"Bjarnes tænder" (2005, Politikens forlagshus, ISBN 978-87-567-7559-5)

Filmography

*"Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer" (2003, short film)
*"Raunchy - Watch Out" (2004, music video)
*"Princess" (2006)
*"Echo" (2007)
*"The Apple and the Worm" (Æblet og Ormen 2009) (In Produktion)

Awards

*2006: The Nordisk Film Award cite web | last =Nordisk Film | title = NF-en del af Danmark i 100 år | date =2006-11-06 | url =http://www.nordiskfilm.dk/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/Nordisk+Film+en+del+af+Danmark+i+100+år.htmda_icon]

ources

* [http://www.politikensforlag.dk/index.jsp?main_menu=Forfattere&action=author&author_key=-520302797 Anders Morgenthaler publications at Politikens forlagshus] da_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/ Wulffmorgenthaler.com] Official webcomic site in English
* [http://www.dr.dk/wulffmorgenthaler/Wulffmorgenthaler Wulffmorgenthaler] and [http://www.dr.dk/satire/site_wulffmorgenthaler.asp Wulffmorgenthaler satire] TV archives on DR da_icon
* [http://www.dolph.dk/ "Dolph" unofficial site] da_icon
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