J Tobias Anderson (born 1971 in
Gothenburg
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) is a
Swedish
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artist and filmmaker, working with
found footage and
animation
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. He is best known for the short films ''879'' (1998), ''My Name Is Grant'' (1999), ''879 Colour'' (2002) and ''Prairie Stop, Highway 41'' (2004) - all referring to works by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
In his video works, most frequently in the form of animations, Anderson refers to film history and renowned film classics, as well as film genres - particularly Hitchcock, along with
action
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
and
thriller sequences of escape and chase (from films ''
North by Northwest
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'', ''
Rope
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'', ''
The Birds'' and ''
Bullitt
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'').
His work is held in the collection of the
Moderna Museet
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in
Stockholm
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and several works are distributed by
Stiftelsen Filmform.
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Films
* ''Institution'' (2006)
* ''A Small Part of the World'' (2006)
* ''Chase'' (2005)
* ''Whereto I Go'' (2005)
* ''Al ladro! (2005)
* ''Bodega Bay School'' (2004)
* ''State of Fear'' (2004)
* ''Prairie Stop, Highway 41'' (2004)
* ''Sliced Classics'' (2003)
* ''Nine Piece Rope'' (2003)
* ''Ögonblick/Moments'' (2003)
* ''879 Colour'' (2002)
* ''Privacy and Dreams'' (2002)
* ''Everybody Wants to Be Grant'' (2002)
* ''Active Passive Passage Conversation'' (2000)
* ''My Name Is Grant'' (1999)
* ''The Breeding School'' (1999)
* ''879'' (1998)
* ''He Dies at the End'' (1997)
References
Sources
*''https://www.imdb.com''
*''http://www.pulafilmfestival.com''
External links
Official website
1971 births
Living people
Swedish video artists
Swedish contemporary artists
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