Kaj Pindal | |
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Born | Kaj Gøtzsche Pindal 1 December 1927 |
Died | 28 June 2019 | (aged 91)
Occupation(s) | Animator, teacher |
Years active | 1940s-2019 |
Known for | Peep and the Big Wide World, What on Earth! |
Kaj Gøtzsche Pindal (December 1, 1927 – June 28, 2019) was a Danish-Canadian animator and animation educator who worked at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) beginning in 1957, and created such works as the Academy Award-nominated What on Earth! (1967, co-directed with Les Drew) and the 1988 NFB short Peep and the Big Wide World as well as the television series of the same name in 2004.[1]