About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1942-03-24
Place of birth:
Tallinn, Estonia
Website:
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Kalle Lasn

Overview

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

Acting
2003 Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers Actor Self - Adbusters 59
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Directing
1987 The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture Directing Director N/A
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1980 Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? Directing Director N/A
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Production
1980 Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1987 In Bed with an Elephant Sound Sound 58
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1986 Shift Change Sound Sound N/A
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1981 Arthur Erickson Sound Sound N/A
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Crew
1987 The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture Crew Script N/A
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Editing
1987 The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture Editing Editor N/A
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1980 Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? Editing Editor N/A
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