My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
Imagine that your grandmother used to iron the king’s shirts! This tall tale turned out to be true for Oscar®-winning filmmaker Torill Kove, who expanded a family myth to create an entertaining animated short with a historical twist. My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts is Kove’s surprising and whimsical recounting of an unlikely career in service of an unusual monarch. And when World War II comes to Kove’s native Norway and the king is forced to flee, her grandmother’s skills play a key role in the guerilla resistance against the invading Nazis.
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Imagine that your grandmother used to iron the king’s shirts! This tall tale turned out to be true for Oscar®-winning filmmaker Torill Kove, who expanded a family myth to create an entertaining animated short with a historical twist. My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts is Kove’s surprising and whimsical recounting of an unlikely career in service of an unusual monarch. And when World War II comes to Kove’s native Norway and the king is forced to flee, her grandmother’s skills play a key role in the guerilla resistance against the invading Nazis.
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storyTorill Kove
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directionTorill Kove
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animationTorill Kove
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narrationMag Ruffman
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colour designAnne Ashton
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additional animationLuigi AllemanoKetil Bruun Andersen
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additional backgroundsAnne AshtonNatasha Nikitina
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trace and paintLuigi AllemanoKetil Bruun AndersenAnne AshtonLaurence AyiElaine GascoGina Georgousis
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animation cameraPierre LandryLynda PelleyThea PrattKarl Erik Ruud
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animaticPal GengenbachMorten Skallerud
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testingPal GengenbachMorten Skallerud
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musicKevin Dean
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musicianKevin DeanJan JarczykDave Laing
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soundNormand RogerJean-Baptiste Roger
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music recordingGeoffrey MitchellMartin Rouillard
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final mixShelley Craig
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final mix - assistanceGeoffrey Mitchell
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post-production coordinationÉric Barbeau
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program administratorGisèle Guilbault
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executive producerDavid Verrall
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producerMarcy PageLars Tommerbakke
