Kalle Lasn
Directing
- Born
- March 24, 1942 (age 84) · Tallinn, Estonia
Kalle Lasn is an Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor, and activist. Near the end of World War II, his family fled Estonia and Lasn spent some time in a German refugee camp. At age seven he was resettled in Australia with his family, where he grew up and remained until the late 1960s, attending school in Canberra. In the late 1960s, he founded a market research company in Tokyo, and in 1970, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over the course of twenty years, he produced documentaries for PBS and Canada’s National Film Board. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He is the co-founder of Adbusters magazine and author of the books Culture Jam and Design Anarchy and is the co-founder of the Adbusters Media Foundation, which owns the magazine.
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 1987In Bed with an Elephant Sound
- 1987The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture Script, Editor, Director
- 1986Shift Change Sound
- 1981Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? Director, Producer, Editor
- 1981Arthur Erickson Sound
Acting1
- 2003Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers as Self - Adbusters