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.Forfatter og tegner Flemming Quist Møller er død
Filmography Work Year Credit Notes 2020 Writer TV 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 Fairytaler 2004 Voice TV series Move Me 2003 Script consultant Feature Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt 1996 Direction Feature Fæhår & Harzen 1995 Gamle Ole TV seriesJungledyret 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 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
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