FilmTecknarna is a Swedish animation studio formed by Jonas Odell,International Film Festival Rotterdam: Jonas Odell Lars Ohlson, Stig Bergkvist, and Martti Ekstrand in 1981.
History The studio started out producing their own independent films before moving into commercials and music videos. The studio has become known for an eclectic blend of animation and live action. FilmTecknarna today consists of three companies: FilmTecknarna Stockholm (focused on the production of TV-commercials and music videos), FilmTecknarna Inc. (based in New York City and focused on producing commercials, broadcast graphics, and music videos for the U.S. market), and finally, FilmTecknarna Fiction, that devotes itself to the development and production of long-format productions, such as TV-series, short films and feature films. The commercial division today represents thirteen directors working in a variety of styles and techniques. They are: Jonas Odell, Stig Bergqvist, Jonas Dahlbeck, Jessica Laurén, Johanna Andersson, Boris Nawratil, David Nord, Jory Hull, Lucas Zanotti, Jasmin Jodry, and a new director soon to be made public. The founders, Jonas Odell, Lars Ohlson, and Stig Bergqvist, were students in Stockholm who joined to make small super 8 films in the 1970s.
List of films The Man Who Thought with His Hat (), 1984; based on the book by Gunnar BerefeltLibrary References - Item Details Dawning (), 1985,Dawning at IMDb based on a short comic by Joakim Pirinen Pesce Pesce, 1988 Exit, 1989Exit at IMDb Alice in Plasmaland, 1993 Revolver (), 1993 Body Parts, 1995 Ebbe & Sten, 1995 Otto, 1997Otto at IMDb Family & Friends (), 2002Family & Friends at IMDb Never Like the First Time! (), 2006Never Like the First Time! at IMDb
FilmTecknarna also made Boddingtons ads in 1999.
References
External links Unsung Heroes of Animation - Google Books Animation Festival - Toronto 1984 Edition