Magnus Carlsson

Magnus Carlsson (born 20 April 1965) is a Swedish illustrator, director and animator. Carlsson was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, and is one of Sweden's best known and most active animators. He started animating professionally in 1988, and has since created a series of animated films and television series. Among other things, he has created The Three Friends and Jerry, which has been distributed to over 100 countries. He also created Radiohead's video for the song "Paranoid Android", for which he was nominated for a number of MTV Video Music Awards. Carlsson has also made the stop-motion animated feature film Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap, which premiered on 19 November 2006.