Stig Lasseby

Stig Gunnar Lasseby (5 March 1925 – 8 December 1996) was a Swedish animator, director and producer. Through his company Team Film he played an important role in the history of Swedish animation.

Lasseby was born in Gällivare and was educated as a teacher of drawing. In 1955, with two classmates, he founded the animation studio AB Team Film, In 1972 the company produced Agaton Sax och bröderna Max, a television series based on the book of the same name by Nils-Olof Franzén, one of the series about the detective Agaton Sax. and TV series.

Lasseby created an animation school in Eksjö; in 1996 this became the first college-level animation training program in Sweden.

He died in 1996 in Hult.

Selected filmography 1971 – Fido går till plugget (director, producer) 1972 – Agaton Sax and the Max Brothers (director, producer) 1976 - Agaton Sax and the Byköpings Village Festival (director, producer) 1976 – Agaton Sax (director, producer) 1981 - Peter-No-Tail (director) 1982 - Kattresan (producer) 1983 – Sjörövarfilmen (producer) 1985 - Peter-No-Tail in Americat (director) 1994 – Musikbussen (director)