Known for Directing
Anders Morgenthaler (born December 5, 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, and film director.
Born
December 5, 1972 (age 53)
Birthplace
København, Danmark
Filmography
25 films, 21 shows


Mugge & Super Happy
2025 · DK
When the codes for Sofia and Mugge's ingenious new game invention, Super Happy, are stolen and misused by an unknown mastermind, the two friends must embark on an adventurous virtual world to save all the inhabitants of the town of Basserup from being swallowed up by the game forever.


Monty and His Weird Brain
2022 · 1h 18m
The always happy boy Mugge needs to take a test in school, and the results shoes that Mugged brain is weird... really weird. So Mugge needs to go back to 1st grade, and if that wasn't interesting enough Mugge also goes to the school Psychologist 3 times at day. So Mugge decides to start he's own school where kids with weird brains.


Monty and the Street Party
2019 · 1h 20m · DK
'The Street Party' is an animated comedy for the whole family. The story is about the 10 year old kid, Mugge, who's parents are about to get a divorce. To recreate the balance and harmony that the adults are about to smash, the always optimistic and indomitable Mugge decides to put together the best street party ever - and in that way bring his mom and dad together again.


I Am Here
2015 · 1h 37m · DK
Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.


The ABCs of Death
2013 · 2h 9m · NZ
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.


The Apple & The Worm
2009 · 1h 15m · DK
Torben is a shiny young apple with a dream: making it to the bright lights of the supermarket fruit section. But his dream is shattered one sunny morning when a worm pokes her head out of his perfect skin. Sylvia is her name, and she is really very nice.
Eat Shit and Die
Eat Shit and Die
2008 · 22m
10-year-old Benjamin and his friends Karl and Julius film each other doing stunts - just like in "Jackass" on MTV. But when Benji doesn't dare drive down a steep hill in a shopping cart, Karl and Julius no longer want to take him with them. Benji is upset about being outside and decides to pull off the stunt anyway. When he hesitates again in the shopping cart at the top of the hill, Karl pushes the cart into motion. After a crazy ride, Benji ends up on the ground at the foot of the hill. The friends cheer, but Benji can't move. Julius calls 112, and Benji blames Karl for the accident. Karl becomes distraught and runs after Julius to meet the ambulance. But when it and the boys get back to the place where Benji was lying, he is gone.
Carsten & Gitte's Movie Madness
Carsten & Gitte's Movie Madness
2008 · 45m · DK
Anders Morgenthaler's two puppet friends Carsten and Gitte present a compilation of six short animation and puppet films, directed by Karla Nielsen, Rikke Hallund, Sabine Ravn, Mette Skov, Esben Toft Jacobsen and Anders Morgenthaler.


Echo
2007 · 1h 20m · DK
A divorced policeman loses custody of his young son, only to kidnap his boy and retreat to a remote cottage, where his plan soon turns into a nightmare.


Princess
2006 · 1h 22m · DE
The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter Mia. Weighed down by grief and guilt, August breaks down and with Mia in tow, he embarks on a mission of vengeance to erase Christina's pornographic legacy.
Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer
Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer
2003 · 8m
Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer is a story about a psychotic man who tries to defend the honor of his deceased sister. He sees himself as the Avenger, who fights the rotten core of society. The rotten core is the sex industry, which also caused the death of his sister. The Avenger has singled out an extremist, the Japanese artist Araki as the main culprit. On his crusade against Araki, the Avenger kills innocent people, among others, his sister's daughter. When he finally faces supreme evil in the shape of Araki, his flaming hatred is gone, and he realizes that Araki just took pictures of naked girls.