Magnus Møller loves quirky, cartoony characters with an existential crisis — and he’s built a studio around making them. As co-founder of Tumblehead Animation Studio in Viborg, Denmark, he works across look development, rigging, and art direction. With a foot in both the artistic and technical sides of production — from painting moods to writing code — Houdini is his ultimate playground for creating characters and worlds.

The Animation Workshop in Viborg holds a special place in his heart — a school where the craft of drawing and animation comes first. Magnus studied there and keeps coming back as a guest teacher, sharing everything from life drawing to rigging to game development.

At Tumblehead, Magnus has co-directed and art directed several short films that have won prizes at festivals all around the flat earth. In 2025, he was nominated for Best Short Film at the Annie Awards for “The Swineherd,” co-directed with Peter Smith.

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