
The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit
2016, Dutch. Directed by Maarten Schmidt & Thomas Doebele.
Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli, to create his first feature length animated film. This would be Ghibli's first international co-production ever. Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele followed Dudok de Wit and his team during the complex creative process for over two years. He is a perfectionist that is used to making his own hand drawn animated films by himself. For this new and timely production, he was assisted by a team of 20 to 30 artists from all over Europe.
- Runtime
- 0h 55m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Dutch
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- Released
- 5 July 2016
- Original title
- Het verlangen van Michael Dudok de Wit
- Country
- Netherlands
- Written by
- Angela Dekker, Thomas Doebele, Maarten Schmidt
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Who directed The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit?
The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit (2016) was directed by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele and stars Michael Dudok de Wit.