Gunnar Willes CV English
Gunnar Wille was born in 1946. He has been working with film, theatre and television since the early seventies. He has written, designed and produced television series. Written, designed and directed animated films. Written and dramatised series for radio. He has written and illustrated books and they are read by most children in Denmark.
In addition to this, Gunnar Wille has written and directed theatre plays. Written and made audiobooks, all dramatised versions off his books with very sophisticated sound track.
Gunnar Wille has made computer animated experiment and explored fragmented narrative in computer games, TV shows and books. Has developed a large project with fragmented narratives in a variety of media.
From 1992 to 2016 Gunnar Wille was head of the animation department at The National Film School of Denmark. Head of DADIU, The Danish National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment in 2005 to 2016 (www.dadiu.dk). Head of EUCROMA, The European Cross media Academy 2011-14.
Honorary office:
Member of the board in Valby Kino.
Member of the board in The Danish Society of Authors.
Former honorary office:
Chairman of the Illustrator Union, member of the board in The Danish Society of Authors and member of the board in The Danish Artist Committee. Member of Board of Directors in Cartoon, chairman of Cartoon Denmark and member of the Cartoon selection committee. Member of the board in The National Film Board of Denmark. Chairman of ” the association of friends” for “the Museum of contemporary Art” in Roskilde. Member of the board of “the Museum of contemporary Art” in Roskilde. Member of the Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic Game Programs expertgroup. Member of The Computergamezone Steering Committee. Member of The Computergamezone Educational Council. Member of the advisory board of The Animation Workshop. Member of Interactive Denmark Board of Directors. Member of the advisory board at VIA Multiplatform Storytelling and Production. Member of the advisory board of Engineering – Learning and Experience Technology at The University of Southern Denmark.
Works
Work in progress
The Minimal Megasin (2023) A quantum theoretical time philosophical children’s book
Gunnar Wille 50 years as an artist – webisode 1 -? (1971 and onwards)
Books
As illustrator and writer
1) Parakurt agent A 38 nr. 1 (1974)
2) A trip to the shop (1975)
3) Liselotte and Hugo on the building site(1975)
4) Operation Hubert (1976)
5) Parakurt agent A 38 nr. 2 (1976)
6) Magical Mads (1981)
7) Ritas clothes (1981)
8) Magical Mads and the red bus (1981)
9) Magical Mads go to work (1982)
10) The Skrump from the outer space (1982)
11) Magical Mads and the big search (1992)
12) Ritas Christmas (1982)
13) The collar (by H.C.Andersen illustrated) (1983)
14) Magical Mads on summer holidays (1993)
15) The Skrump goes to Snuq (1984)
16) A giraffe called Knud (1985)
17) The Fab family (1986)
18) The Fab family burns down the television (1987)
19) The Skrump and the striped cartree (1987)
20) The Working Environmentalists (1988)
21) The Skrump and the telepathic breadfruit (1990)
22) Pepino and his family (1992)
23) The inner tarantula (1997)
24) The Angry Boy (2005)
29) Dying – A small book about the death (2010)
30) The Skrump from the outer space (new version 2013)
30) The Skrump goes to Snuq (new version 2013)
31) The Skrump – the striped cartree (new version 2013)
32) The Skrump – the telepathic breadfruit (new version 2014)
33) The Skrump – telepathic clothing and brain-controlled art (2014)
34) Ritas Christmas (new version 2014)
35) The Skrump – the doomsday machine (2015)
36) The Scared Boy – volume 1 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2017)
37) The Angry Boy – volume 2 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2017)
38) The Silent Boy – volume 3 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2018)
39) The Wise Boy – volume 4 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2018)
40) The Strong Boy – volume 5 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2019)
41) The Wille Boys – volume 6 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2019)
42) volume 1-6 in the series “The Wille Boys” as audio books – (2020)
43) The Skrump from outer space as audio book (2020)
44) The Skrump – goes to Snuq as audio book (2020)
45) The Skrump – the striped cartree as audio book – (2020)
46) The Skrump – the telepathic breadfruit as audio book – (2020)
47) The Skrump – telepathic clothing and brain-controlled art as audio book – (2020)
48) The Skrump – the doomsday machine as audio book – (2020)
49) Magical Mads – collection (2020)
50) More Magical Mads – collection (2021)
51) The Cairn Poems by Craig Volk – made illustration (2021)
52) The ugly carpet peer (audiobook 2021)
53) Neither bird nor fish (art book 2022)
54)Handbook of universe creation (2023)
55) The Minimal Megazine (2024)
Animation
(Among other things): As director
The Working Environmentalists, 1985
Bang in the head, 10 small films, 1988
AGONY, 1993
Space Wreck, 1998
Director of a film Europa.2190 for the Denver Planetarium Dome 2004
Television
(Among other things): As director
Magical Mads and the big search, 1980
The Skrump from outer space, 1983
Magical Mads, 1984
The Fab family, 1985
Dr. Willes Wunderbare World 2012
Gunnar Wille 50 years as an artist – webisode 1 -? (1971 and onwards)
Radio series
(Among other things): As director
The Indian War, 1977
Magical Mads, 1978, 1979 and 1980
The Skrump from the outer space, 1982
Willes crazy musik history, 1990
Audiobooks
as director and actor
The Skrump from the outer space
The Skrump goes to Snuq (new version (2020)
The Skrump – the striped cartree (new version (2020))
The Skrump – the telepathic breadfruit (2020)
The Skrump – telepathic clothing and brain-controlled art (2020)
The Skrump – the doomsday machine (2020)
Ritas Christmas (new version 2023)
The Scared Boy – volume 1 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The Angry Boy – volume 2 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The Silent Boy – volume 3 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The Wise Boy – volume 4 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The Strong Boy – volume 5 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The Wille Boys – volume 6 in the series “The Wille Boys” (2020)
The ugly carpet peer – series about an aliens from the planet Prout (2021)
Magical Mads serie (new version (2023))
Theatre
as director and actor
A giraffe called Knud, 1985
Frog’s legs and bombs, 1987
Men never think about sex, 1988
The Magic Flute with music by Mozart, 1989
Ritas Christmas, 2020
Experiments
as director and actor
The Arnold Knyst Show, a multimedia show, 1976.
The Maze, sound concert in darkness, 1992
How to avoid death, sound concert in darkness 1993
3 city dance, internet-experiment with Charlie Morrow, 1998
Exhibitions
The Eternal Universe and Sofa, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, 2001 Alphabet – Graffiti Alphabet at Kulturanstalten together with Andersen Peter & Martin Frandsen (April 2017)
Experimental Films
Portrait of The foreign minister of Denmark, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, 2002
Sofa Pieces, short films 2002
A Space In Space – Symphony for symphony orchestra, electronic and interactive animated picture flow with composer Hans Erik Phillip. 2006
Educations
as creator
The Animations Director Education at The National Film School of Denmark 1992
DADIU – The National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment 2005
EUCROMA – The European Cross Media Academy 2012
