Dorte Bengtson is the daily head of the animation department at the National Film School of Denmark. She is an animation director, scriptwriter, and artist who has worked in animation since 1996. Her graduation short film from DDF, The Sylphid, was selected for competition in the Cinéfondation selection at the Cannes Film Festival and Annecy in 2009. She received ANIS' talent prize at OFF the same year. Bengtson has also directed the short film Vitello Digs a Hole, The Shadow Animal, and her first animated feature film Vitello, along with the TV series of the same name.