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Kaj Steveman
Kaj Steveman (born 1968 in Stockholm) is a Swedish visual effects supervisor. He was the Founder and head of Fido Film, one of Sweden's most prominent special effects studios and is most known for his acclaimed work on the Swedish vampire films Let the Right One In and Frostbite. He was also visual effects supervisor for Underworld: Awakening and Storm and worked as assistant director in the cult film Evil Ed. He worked as a make-up artist on The Hunters. Kaj left Fido November 2014. In February 2015 he founded the new, modern VFX studio FABLEfx Still focusing on organic effects like CG animals and creatures. This still in combination with practical effects As there were no special effects schools in Sweden during Kaj Steveman's youth, he had to learn most of his craft by himself, looking it up on the internet and ordering instructions film from America. Filmography *'' The Hunters'' (1996) *''Evil Ed'' (1997) *''Chock'' (1997) *'' Sleepwalker'' (2000) *''Håkan Bråkan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Effects Supervisor
In the context of film and television production, a visual effects supervisor is responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director or producers through the use of visual effects. While it is a creative role, most supervisors possess a strong technical background and are capable of making informed decisions about the most efficient and effective technique to employ to solve the problem at hand. Often a supervisor will work in tandem with a visual effects producer and computer graphics supervisor. Supervisors can be employed directly by a film production company or work for a visual effects company. Often there are several VFX supervisors on a project, although there is typically a senior VFX supervisor directing their efforts. Specific responsibilities vary depending on the nature of the production, however most supervisors: * Handle a VFX project from conception through to completion. * Manage and direct the technical, artistic, and production personnel. * Possess a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Of The Flying Saucer
''Summer of the Flying Saucer'' is a 2008 Irish family film starring Robert Sheehan , Dan Colley, Hugh O'Conor, Joanne Kernan and Lorcan Cranitch . The film was directed by Martin Duffy. Voiceover by Nicola Coughlan. The majority of the film was filmed in Kilkerrin, Co. Galway, with many people of Kilkerrin and the surrounding villages being able to spot themselves as extras in a plethora of scenes. Cast * Robert Sheehan as Danny * Dan Colley as Lorcan * Joanne Kernan Alien Girl / Janis * Hugh O'Conor as Father Burke * John Keogh as Dessie O'Connor * Lorcan Cranitch as Ciaran * Jens Winter as The Tall Man / Alien Space Pilot Voice over * Nicola Coughlan Nicola Mary Coughlan (born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Derry Girls'' (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020–presen ... as Janis voice External links Summer of the Flying Saucer IMDB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1968 Births
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted - För Kärlekens Skull
TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Department (TED) Entertainment and media * TED (conference) (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) * ''Tenders Electronic Daily'', a journal on government procurement in the European Union * Turner Field (The Ted), of the Atlanta Braves until 2017 Technology and computing * MOS Technology TED, an integrated circuit * TED Notepad, a freeware portable plain-text editor * Television Electronic Disc, an early Telefunken video disc * Transferred electron device or Gunn diode * TransLattice Elastic Database, a NewSQL database Transport * Teddington railway station, London, National Rail station code Other uses * Thyroid eye disease, aka Graves' ophthalmopathy * Tooheys Extra Dry, Australian beer * Turtle excluder device, for letting sea turtles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fury
''Kung Fury'' is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts comedy featurette film written and directed by David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films. The film stars Sandberg in the title role, Jorma Taccone, Leopold Nilsson, and a cameo appearance by David Hasselhoff. The film was crowdfunded through Kickstarter in the beginning of 2014, with pledges reaching US$630,019, exceeding the original target goal of $200,000, but short of the feature film goal of $1 million. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, losing to ''Rate Me'' from the United Kingdom. Plot Sometime in the early 1980s, Miami-Dade Police Department detective Kung Fury and his partner Dragon apprehend a red ninja in a back alley, but Dragon is sliced in half by the ninja while Kung Fury is suddenly struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra, giving him extraordinary kung fu powers that enable him to defeat his foe. Years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circle (2015 Film)
''The Circle'' (original title: ''Cirkeln'') is a Swedish fantasy directed and co-written by Levan Akin, based on the best-selling novel '' The Circle'' by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Mats Strandberg, the former of whom also co-wrote the screenplay. It was produced and scored by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film was intended to be the first in an trilogy of films based on ''Engelsfors'', though plans of the sequels have been cancelled. A film adaptation was to be produced by Filmlance in 2013, with Levan Akin set to direct and Bergmark Elfgren as script writer. The production was put on hold due to disagreements between the authors and Filmlance. Akin left the project as well. Benny Andersson's son Ludvig brought the novel to his attention and he bought the rights to produce the film, more faithfully than Filmlance intended, however the film still has significant differences from the original novel. Open castings for young girls who could play the leads were held all over Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shed No Tears (2013 Film)
''Shed No Tears'' ( sv, Känn ingen sorg) is a 2013 Swedish film directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein and starring Adam Lundgren and Jonathan Andersson. The plot is based on the lyrics and music by Swedish artist Håkan Hellström, and the script is written by Cilla Jackert. The film premiered on 19 July 2013 and was well received by critics. It won the Guldbagge Award for Best Sound Editing at the 49th Guldbagge Awards. The main role is played by Adam Lundgren, while Tomas von Brömssen, Gunilla Nyroos and Josefin Neldén appear in supporting roles. Even Håkan Hellström himself appears in a minor role. The film's title is based on Hellström's debut single " Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" from the album of the same name. The film received extensive good reviews, and 27,766 Swedes saw it at the cinema on the opening weekend, which took it up to Biotoppens second place. The following week it had dropped down to sixth place, and at the end of the year was the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Sky
''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.io9.com by Charlie Jane Anders (7 May 2008), "Nazi Moonbase Launches Stealth Attack". Retrieved 1 May 2009. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth. ''Iron Sky'' is one of the most expensive Finnish films. ''Iron Sky'' comes from the creators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stig-Helmer Story
''The Stig-Helmer Story'' is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 2011, directed by Lasse Åberg. The film is the sixth in the series about Stig-Helmer Olsson. Cast *Lasse Åberg as Stig-Helmer (71 years old) * Tobias Jacobsson as Stig-Helmer (20 years old) * Filip Arsic Johnsson as Stig-Helmer (12 years old) *Jon Skolmen as Ole Bramserud * Ida Högberg as Annika (18 years old) *Tove Edfeldt as Hjördis * Bill Hugg as Julle * Jonas Bane as Biffen (20 years old) * Nils Bodner as Biffen (12 years old) * Andreas Nilsson as the major *Elisabet Carlsson as Märta *Stefan Sauk as Biffen's father *Cecilia Ljung as Svea * Patrick Jakobsson as Mr Cheng Reception The film has received mixed reviews. The Swedish newspaper ''Aftonbladet'' rated the film as 3/5, ''Expressen'' as 2/5, ''Metro'' as 3/5 and ''Svenska Dagbladet ''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kautokeino Rebellion
''The Kautokeino Rebellion'' ( no, Kautokeino-opprøret, se, Guovdageainnu Stuimmit) is a 2008 film based on the true story of the Kautokeino riots in Kautokeino, Norway in 1852 in response to the Norwegian exploitation of the Sami community at that time. It was directed by Nils Gaup and was released in January 2008. The music to this film was mostly composed by Sami musician Mari Boine. Plot Cast * Mikael Persbrandt as Carl Johan Ruth * Michael Nyqvist as Lars Levi Læstadius * Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup as Mons Somby * Mikkel Gaup as Aslak Hætta * Anni-Kristiina Juuso as Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum * Jørgen Langhelle * Bjørn Sundquist as Pastor Stockfleth * Stig Henrik Hoff * Peter Andersson as Lars Johan Bucht * Silje Holtet as Anne Elise Blix * Eirik Junge Eliassen as Prästen Zetliz * Aslat Mahtte Gaup as Mathis Hætta * Inger Utsi as Inger Andersdatter Spein * Ole Nicklas Guttorm as Litle Aslak (son) * Inga Juuso as Grandmother * Beaska Niilas as Rasmus Spein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let The Right One In (film)
''Let the Right One In'' ( sv, Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2008 Swedish Romance film, romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 Let the Right One In (novel), novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a strange child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. A film adaptation of Lindqvist's novel began development in 2004 when John Nordling acquired the rights to produce the project. Alfredson, unconcerned with the Horror film, horror and Vampire films, vampire conventions, decided to tone down many elements of the novel and focus primarily on the relationship between the two main characters and explore the darker side of humanity. Selecting the lead actors involved a year-long process with open castings held all over Sweden. In the end, Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson were chosen for the leading roles. Leande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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