Jannik Hastrup

Jannik Hastrup (born 4 May 1941 in Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including ''Benny's Bathtub'', '''', ''Samson & Sally'', ''War of the Birds'', ''The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon'', '''' and ''A Tale of Two Mozzies''. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf. He also founded his own animation studio called "Dansk Tegnefilm". Provided by Wikipedia