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Kalle Lasn (b. 1942)

Birthplace:
Tallinn, Estonia

Born:
March 24, 1942

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Director:
1980  Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
1987  The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

Editor:
1980  Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
1987  The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

Producer:
1980  Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
1987  The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

Script:
1980  Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
1987  The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

Sound:
1980  Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
1981  Arthur Erickson
1986  Shift Change
1987  In Bed with an Elephant
1987  The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

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