Magnus Carlsson (born 20 April 1965) is a Swedish illustrator, director and animator.

Biography

Carlsson was born in

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, Västra Götaland. He started animating professionally in 1988. In the early 90s, Carlsson made stop-motion animated shorts, often with

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themes''.'' In 1996, he began making ''Robin,'' a series of shorts about a young man's urban adventures. The ''Robin'' shorts were popular with the members of the English rock band

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, who commissioned Carlsson to create the video for their song "

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", featuring the Robin character. His other television works include '' The Three Friends and Jerry'', which has been distributed to over 100 countries, and the children's short series ''Lisa.'' In 2006, Carlsson made the stop-motion feature film '' Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap.'' In 2018, with Jens Ganman, he made the satirical cartoon ''Så att det blir rätt'' (''So That It's Right''). Carlsson has also created ads for companies such as

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and

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Filmography

Television

* '' Robin'' (1996) * ''

Lisa Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA" * Lisa, stagename of Japanese singer Lisa Komine (born 1978) * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980) * Lisa (Japanese musician, b ...

'' (1998) * '' The Three Friends and Jerry'' (''De tre vännerna och Jerry'') (1998) * '' Da Möb'' (2001) * ''Benny Pripp and his Fuzzy Lip'' (''Benny Brun och has Överlapsfjun'') (2014)

Film

* '' Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap'' (''Desmond & träskpatraskfällan'') (2006)

Stand-Alone Shorts

* ''Alice in Plasmalandet'' (1993) * ''Sverige'' (1996) * '' Desmond's Trashed Apple Tree'' (''Desmonds trashade äppelträd'') (2004) * ''So That It's Right'' (''Så att det blir rätt'') (2018)

Music Videos

- "

" (1997) * XNilo- "Bodyline" (2020) * Elliott Waits For No One- "Marry Me Girl" (2023)

References

External links

Magnus Carlsson
- Official website *
Official Vimeo
Swedish animators Swedish animated film directors Swedish television show creators 1965 births Living people Artists from Gothenburg {{animator-stub