Magnus Carlsson (illustrator)

For other people of the same name, see Magnus Carlsson (disambiguation).

Magnus Carlsson, born April 20, 1965, a Swedish director, illustrator and animator. Carlsson is one of Sweden's best known and most active illustrators. He started with professional animation in 1988 and has since created a series of animated films and television series. Among other things, he has created The Three Friends and Jerry, which has been distributed to over 100 countries. Another very familiar animation that Magnus has done is the band Radiohead's video for the song Paranoid Android, for which he was nominated for a number of MTV Video Music Awards. Carlsson has also made the stop-motion animated feature film Desmond & Swamp Barbarian trap which premiered 19 November 2006. Carlson is the author of a number of animated television series with international distribution and has been shown on TV channels such as MTV, Fox, HBO, Chanel 4, Nickelodeon, SVT, etc.. Carlsson is also working with advertising and art projects.

Filmography

Television

• Robin (1996)
• Lisa (1998)
• The Three Friends and Jerry (De tre vännerna och Jerry) (1998)
• Da Möb (2001)

Film

• Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap (Desmond & träskpatraskfällan) (2006)

External links

• Magnus Carlsson - Official website
• Magnus Carlsson at the Internet Movie Database