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Kalle Lasn
Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, and activist (b. 1942)
Kalle Lasn | |
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Lasn in 2013 | |
| Born | (1942-03-24) March 24, 1942 (age 82) Tallinn, Estonia |
| Occupation | co-founder of Adbusters Media Foundation |
| Known for | Adbusters, culture jamming |
| Spouse | Masako Tominaga |
Kalle Lasn (Estonian pronunciation:[ˈkɑlˑɛˈlɑsn̥]) (born March 24, 1942) 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 Columbi