Hans Perk

Hans Perk (31 December 1961, Amsterdam) is a Danish–Dutch animated film director, animator and editor.^[1]

Early life

Hans Perk grew up first in Amsterdam, then from 1966 in Huizen, Noord Holland, and went to elementary school at the Wilhelminaschool, Bussum, and high school at the Goois Lyceum, Bussum, then studied art history at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. During his high school days he got interested in animation, especially Disney animation.

Career

In a memoir, Hans Perk recounts that in 1978 he became a student of and later assistant animator for the Danish animated film director Børge Ring.^[2] In 1988, he co-founded A. Film Production.^[3] In 2013, he directed Miffy the Movie, which was nominated for several awards, and won Best Dutch Film at the Cinekid Festival.^[4] Hans Perk lived in Denmark 1984-2019 and since 2019 lives in California, USA.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Editor	Animator
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	No	No	Yes[1]
1986	Valhalla	No	No	Yes[a][1]
2013	Miffy the Movie	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Albert	No	Yes[1]	No
2017	The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear	No	Yes[5]	No
2018	Up and Away	No	Yes[6]	No

See also

• Karsten Kiilerich–co-founder of A. Film Production, frequent collaborator