Børge Ring

Børge Ring is a Danish animator that came to work for the Dutch Toonder studios in the 1950s. Born in Ribe, he did his first steps in the animation field at the age of 13. He started an animation studio with Bjørn Frank Jensen and Arne Rønde Christensen in Copenhagen in 1948. The studio also employed former Disney animator David Hand and Per Lygum. The studios made several films, mainly in the advertising field.

In 1952, he moved to Holland, accompanied by Bjørn Frenk Jensen, to work for the Toonder Studios in 1952. He became one of the most successful animators in Holland. Until 1973, he worked mainly on advertising films through the studios, as well as on the first 'Asterix' films.

Although mainly an animator, he also done some comics in the 1970s and 1980s. For Sjors magazine, he drew 'Distel' in cooperation with his wife Joanika Ring (text by Lo Hartog van Banda and Patty Klein, 1970-74), as well as the slapstick series 'Kobus en Kachelmans' (scripts by Piet Hein Broenland, 1973-74). At the same time, they drew 'Fleurtje' for Tina, also with scripts by Klein. He did comics for the Dutch Disney productions from the 1980s until the early 1990s, working with mainly the 'Chip 'n' Dale' characters.

As an animator, he worked with Steven Spielberg and he won an Oscar with his animation film 'Anna en Bella' (1986). Other notable productions by Ring are 'Oh My Darling' (1978) and 'Run of the Mill' (1999). In the late 1990s, he made the animation series 'Anton', based on his own early childhood memories. The series was broadcasted by the KRO and also became popular in Japan.