Karsten Kiilerich
Karsten Kiilerich (born 21 January 1955 in Slagelse) is a Danish film and television director, screenwriter and animator. He is a co-founder of the Danish animation studio A. Film Production, for which he still actively works. Kiilerich has been involved in over 20 feature and short films.
Also recorded as Karsten Killerich
Karsten Kiilerich
- Born
- 1955 · Slagelse.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- animator · actor · screenwriter · director · writer
- Languages
- Danish
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Karsten Kiilerich. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q22008928 · wikipedia · Karsten Kiilerich
In this article
Biography
Biography
Kiilerich's animated short When Life Departs (1997) was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He was also nominated for the Robert Award for Best Screenplay for Help! I'm a Fish (2000).
Killerich was born in the town of Slagelse, Zealand on 21 January 1955. He initially worked as a school teacher.
Film career
Film career
He began his career in 1986 when he worked as an assistant animator for the film Valhalla. On 1 August 1988, Kiilerich co-founded the Danish animation studio A. Film Production alongside Stefan Fjeldmark, Jørgen Lerdan, Hans Perk and Anders Mastrup, and they continue to work closely with each other. He worked as an animator and created several of his own short films throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. His feature film debut was The Ugly Duckling and Me!, released in 2006.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Credited as — Notes • Director — Writer — Animator • 1997 — When Life Departs Når livet går sin vej — Short film; nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film • 2000 — Help! I'm a Fish — Nominated for the Robert Award for Best Screenplay • 2006 — The Ugly Duckling and Me! Den grimme ælling og mig — Feature film debut • 2015 — Albert • 2017 — The Little Vampire 3D • 2018 — Up and Away Hodja fra Pjort • 2020 — Raggie Sipsik • 2023 — Panda Bear in Africa — Upcoming film
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1955
Karsten Kiilerich born at Slagelse.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Karsten Kiilerich, revision 1331123059 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Karsten Kiilerich at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 2.The 71st Academy Awards | 1999. Academy Awards – Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- 3.Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015) "Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times". CRC Press. . p. 139. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 4.Karsten Kiilerich. Nederlands Film Festival – filmfestival.nl. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- 5.Sundholm, John, Thorsen, Isak, Andersson, Lars Gustaf, Hedling, Olof, Iversen, Gunnar, Møller, Birgir Thor (31 August 2021) "Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema". Scarecrow Press. p. 54. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- 6.Smith, Neil (30 July 2001) Help! I'm A Fish (Hjælp, jeg er en fisk) (2001). BBC News. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- 7.Milligan, Mercedes (3 November 2015) AFM: Shout! Nabs NorAm Rights for ‘Albert’. Animation Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 8.Wolfe, Jennifer (16 May 2014) CMG Brings ‘The Little Vampire’ to Cannes. Animation World Network. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 9.Jensen, Jorn Rossing (5 July 2016) Hodja from Pjort returns from a feature and a musical to animation. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 10.Boyce, Lawrence (6 August 2020) Review: Raggie. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- 11.Abbatescianni, Davide (26 June 2021) Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich's Panda Bear in Africa in the works. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Karsten Kiilerich is recorded as animator, actor, screenwriter, director and writer.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Károly LajthayPerson
- Károly MakkPerson
- Karpo GodinaPerson
- Karra ElejaldePerson
- Kartal TibetPerson
- Karthik SubbarajPerson
- Karthika NairPerson
- Kartiki GonsalvesPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Karsten Kiilerich?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.