Kaj Pindal

Visual Effects

Kaj Pindal

Born — Died

1927-12-01 — 2019-06-28

Place of birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Known for

Visual Effects

Credits

20 titles

Kaj Pindal was a Danish-Canadian animator and educator renowned for his distinctive animation style and contributions to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He began his career in Denmark, creating anti-Hitler cartoons during World War II, which led to his relocation to Canada. At the NFB, Pindal co-directed the Academy Award-nominated short What on Earth! (1967) and created Peep and the Big Wide World (1988), which later inspired a television series. His work is characterized by wit and a unique cartoon style, leaving a lasting impact on the animation industry.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Horsing Around poster
8.0

Humorous, full of unimaginable finds, this animated short invites the viewer to follow the antics of a horse trying to acquire a force equivalent to that of a horsepower.

Horsing Around

1973

Caninabis poster
6.8

Driven by his love of cannabis, a street dog displays incredible promise for the drug squad when he chases down a local dealer. He makes headlines worldwide as he takes on smugglers and crime lords. But when his drug habit and his work inevitably collide, a clear message emerges: dogs and cannabis don't mix.

Caninabis

1979

Caninabis poster
6.8

Driven by his love of cannabis, a street dog displays incredible promise for the drug squad when he chases down a local dealer. He makes headlines worldwide as he takes on smugglers and crime lords. But when his drug habit and his work inevitably collide, a clear message emerges: dogs and cannabis don't mix.

Caninabis

1979

Caninabis poster
6.8

Driven by his love of cannabis, a street dog displays incredible promise for the drug squad when he chases down a local dealer. He makes headlines worldwide as he takes on smugglers and crime lords. But when his drug habit and his work inevitably collide, a clear message emerges: dogs and cannabis don't mix.

Caninabis

1979

Peep and the Big Wide World poster
7.0

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada comprises three short stories starring Peep the chicken, Quack the duck, and Chirp the Robin, and eventually served as the inspiration for an ongoing 2004 animated series.

Peep and the Big Wide World

1988

Peep and the Big Wide World poster
7.0

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada comprises three short stories starring Peep the chicken, Quack the duck, and Chirp the Robin, and eventually served as the inspiration for an ongoing 2004 animated series.

Peep and the Big Wide World

1988

Funeral poster
NR

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Funeral

1966

No artwork available
8.0

A compilation of satirical anti-smoking clips.

Where There's Smoke

1970

Volcano poster
NR

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Volcano

1967

Man: The Polluter poster
7.0

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Man: The Polluter

1973

Pot-pourri poster
10.0

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were produced originally for government agencies, to carry messages to the public.

Pot-pourri

1962

Appetizers poster
9.0

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection of animation techniques, the clips include reminders about t4levision programs, traffic safety rules, and admonition from the Department of Labour.

Appetizers

1960

What on Earth! poster
6.5

In this Academy Award–nominated animated satire, Martian observers analyze life on Earth and reach a startling conclusion: automobiles appear to be the planet’s dominant species, while humans function merely as their parasites. Directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal, the film humorously critiques modern society’s dependence on the car.

What on Earth!

1967

What on Earth! poster
6.5

In this Academy Award–nominated animated satire, Martian observers analyze life on Earth and reach a startling conclusion: automobiles appear to be the planet’s dominant species, while humans function merely as their parasites. Directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal, the film humorously critiques modern society’s dependence on the car.

What on Earth!

1967

The Peep Show poster
10.0

A cartoon film for young children about the adventures of a little chick from the time he falls from an egg basket and breaks out of his shell. Together with a duck who happens along, he goes to explore the world and discovers there is much to learn, even about his own farmyard.

The Peep Show

1962

The City (Osaka) poster
10.0

An animated fantasy that shows Canadians as urbanized people developing a vast wilderness with the aid of the latest technologies. Shown as part of the Urban Environment exhibit in the Canadian pavilion at the international exposition, Osaka '70.

The City (Osaka)

1970

Dynamite poster
NR

A 1-Mintue animated short film to discourage smoking.

Dynamite

1967

No artwork available
9.0

This short animation about the perils of tobacco smoking takes us to the kingdom of King Size, a land where "no smoking" is illegal. Here, intoxication dangers and health risks linked to cigarettes are blissfully ignored, and non-smokers are unwelcome. A humorous invitation for young people not to start smoking, or if they have, to relinquish the hazardous habit.

King Size

1968

Fringe Benefits poster
NR

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Fringe Benefits

1967