[1] He married his first wife, concert pianist Nanny Elisabeth Wegener in 1944 - she died in Amsterdam in 1957 of heart failure.

[2][3] Early in his career Ring was active as a jazz contrabassist and guitarist, performing in several bands.

[4] Ring worked on an adaption of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Tinderbox, which was the first Danish animated feature.

[6][8][9] The short was redubbed and aired on television in the United States as part of the short-lived series Jokebook.

[11] His 1999 short film Run of the Mill, which focused on the effects of taking drugs, won a UNICEF Children's Award in 2000.