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{{Short description|Danish animator, storyboard artist, and writer (born 1958)}}

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{{Infobox person
|name = Jorgen Klubien
|image = Jørgen-Klubien-Odense-2012.JPG
|image_caption = Klubien in [[Odense]] 2012.
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|5|20}}
|birth_place = 
|occupation = Animator, storyboard artist, writer, musician
|years_active = 1981–present}}
'''Jorgen Klubien''' (born May 20, 1958) is a Danish animator, storyboard artist, writer and musician. He has worked on [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] films, including ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993), ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994), ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' (1998), ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006) and ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' (2012).<ref name="FineArt-JK-202311">{{cite web|last= |first= |url=https://choicefineart.com/collections/jorgen-klubien/|title=About the Artist - "Jorgen Klubien"|publisher=Choice Fine Arts|access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name="HA-JK-202311">{{cite web|last= |first= |url=https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/production-drawing/tim-burton-s-the-nightmare-before-christmas-storyboard-original-art-sequence-of-9-by-jorgen-klubien-wa/a/7312-16137.s/|title=Storyboard Original Art Sequence of 9 by Jorgen Klubien (Walt Disney/Touchstone, 1993)|publisher=Heritage Auctions |access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref> He's also active as a [[Disney comics]] artist. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klubien_jorgen.htm</ref>

==Early life==
Jorgen Klubien was born in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] in 1958. Already during the 60s young Klubien developed an interest in American popular culture. At the age of 16 he managed to pay the Disney Studios a visit, where are friend of the family introduced him to some working animators. Fascinated by the magic of animation Klubien went back to Denmark to practice, and at 19 he returned to the US, now a student at [[California Institute of the Arts|CalArts]] at the “Character Animation” studio after which he was offered a permanent job at the Disney Studios.<ref name="MJ-interview-JK-2020">{{cite web|last= Geert Jensen|first= Marie |url=https://mariegeertjensen.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2020/12/16/jorgen-klubien-interview/|title=Jørgen Klubien interview|date= 16 December 2020 |publisher=University of the Arts, London|access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
Klubien is best known for working on many animated films, such as ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990), ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' (1995), ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' (1996), ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (1998), ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999), ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' (2001), ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' (2010), ''[[Free Birds]]'' (2013), ''[[The Emoji Movie]]'' (2017), ''[[Wonder Park]]'' (2019), ''[[Dumbo (2019 film)|Dumbo]]'' (2019), ''The Academy of Magic'' (2020), and ''The Adventures of Tikki the Wonder Dog'' (2023).

However, along with the thriving animation career, Klubien formed and nursed a Danish-based pop band, ''"Danseorkestret"'', with which he wrote and produced several Danish chart hits. Jorgen Klubien still writes and publishes music - now in his own name.<ref name="CB-interview-JK-2014">{{cite web|last= Amidi|first= Amid |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/cars-co-creator-jorgen-klubien-debuts-his-first-english-album-103760.html/|title='Cars' Co-Creator Jorgen Klubien Debuts His First English Album|date= 16 September 2014 |publisher=University of the Arts, London|access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name="AppleMusic-JK-2023">{{cite web|last= |first= |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/klubien/815706778/|title=Klubien|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
* ''[[Peter-No-Tail (1981 film)|Peter-No-Tail]]'' (1981) - (animator)
* ''Otto Is a Rhino'' (1983) - (animator)
* ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'' (1985) - (cel animator)
* ''[[An American Tail]]'' (1986) - (additional animator)
* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' (1987) - (character animator)
* ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988) - (character animator)
* ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989) - (character animator)
* ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990) - (character animator: Wilbur)
* ''[[The Very Hungry Caterpillar|The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories]]'' (1993) - (animator)
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993) - (storyboard artist)
* ''The History of the Wonderful World'' (1993) - (animator)
* ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994) -  (story)
* ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' (1995) - (additional story development)
* ''[[The Baby-Sitters Club (film)|The Baby-Sitters Club]]'' (1995) - (cel animator)
* ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' (1996) - (storyboard artist)
* ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (1998) - (additional story material)
* ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' (1998) - (storyboard artist)
* ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999) - (additional storyboard artist)
* ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' (2001) - (additional storyboarding)
* ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' (2006) - (storyboard artist)
* ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006) - (original story by) / (screenplay by) / additional storyboarding)
* ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' (2010) - (additional story artist)
* ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' (2012) - (storyboard artist) / (art department illustrator: Los Angeles)
* ''[[Free Birds]]'' (2013) - (additional storyboard artist)
* ''[[The Emoji Movie]]'' (2017) - (storyboard artist)
* ''[[Wonder Park]]'' (2019) - (story artist)
* ''[[Dumbo (2019 film)|Dumbo]]'' (2019) - (development story beat boards & character design)
* ''The Academy of Magic'' (2020) - (director/writer)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob]]'' (2021) - (storyboard artist)
* ''The Adventures of Tikki the Wonder Dog'' (2023) - (writer)

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://jorgenklubien.com}}
*[http://flipanimation.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-amazing-double-life-of-jorgen.html The Amazing Double Life of Jorgen Klubien] at FLIP Animation blog
* {{IMDb name|0460146}}
* {{discogs artist|686748}}

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