Torill Kove
Torill Kove (born May 25, 1958 in Hamar , Norway ) is a Norwegian- Canadian animator .
Life
Kove spent her youth in Africa as the daughter of development workers. When she was in high school in Kenya, she made friends with some Canadians. In her early 20s she went to Montreal to visit friends. From 1981 she also lived there and studied urban planning . After completing her studies, she worked as a planner, but also worked as an illustrator. She began enrolling in film classes at Concordia University in Montreal and got a job with the National Film Board of Canada .
She then turned a screenplay that she had written for a course into an animated film. This eleven minute project was titled My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts . The film was released in 1999, was nominated for an Oscar for " Best Animated Short Film " and shown at several film festivals. In the film, Kove portrays her own grandmother, who was employed by King Håkon VII during the Second World War .
The next animated film she directed was the 15-minute The Danish Poet (2006), about a poet who goes to Norway to find new inspiration. The film won a Genie Award for Best Animated Short Film and was her second Oscar nomination. After she had previously been traded as a favorite for the prize, she finally won it too.
Filmography
Films as a director:
- 2001: My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
- 2006: The Danish Poet - A Love Story (The Danish Poet)
- 2013: Hokus Pokus Willi Wiberg (Hokus Pokus Albert Åberg)
- 2014: Me and My Moulton
Web links
- Torill Kove in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Message from CTV for Oscar nomination (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Brendan Kelly: Poised with a poet in the spotlight . In: The Gazette , February 24, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kove, Torill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian-Canadian animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamar , Norway |