Kalle Lasn
Born: 1942-03-24 in Tallinn, Estonia
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2003
- Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers as Self - Adbusters
1987
- The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture ... (Director)
- In Bed with an Elephant ... (Sound)
1986
- Shift Change ... (Sound)
1981
- Japan Inc: Lessons for North America? ... (Director)
- Arthur Erickson ... (Sound)