Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 07, 1931
Died
May 01, 2023
Place of Birth
Hofors, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Credits
36 titles
Per Åhlin
Biography
Per Johan Axel Åhlin (7 August 1931 – 1 May 2023) was a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the animated short film and television film Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton and the feature film Voyage to Melonia. Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated Out of an Old Man's Head from 1968, and The Adventures of Picasso from 1978, where he provided and animated Picasso's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge, and directed many feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In 1975 at the 11th Guldbagge Awards, Åhlin won a special achievement award for Dunderklumpen!. In 1990 at the 25th Guldbagge Awards he won the Creative Achievement award. Although eventually best known for his work on children's film, Åhlin was always more interested in films for adult audiences. He has commented on the difficulties of making animated films with adult themes: "I don't know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré or Sergel, then those are images that have no connection to film. If they then would be animated and suddenly started to move – would they become children's film then? I can't understand this!" Åhlin died on 1 May 2023, at age 91.
Known For
Filmography
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Production Design
I huvet på Per Åhlin
Self
That Boy Emil
Director
Little Anna and the Tall Uncle
Director
Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång
Director
Lilla Spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke
Director
Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags
Director
Svenska ord i bild och tal
Self
Lilla Spöket Laban
Director
Laban the Little Ghost
Director
Raska på Alfons Åberg
Director
The Dog Hotel
Director
Var är Bus-Alfons?
Director
Alfons och pappa Åberg
Director
Alfons & Milla
Director
Kalas, Alfons Åberg!
Director
Hoffmann's Eyes
Director
Lennart Hellsings ABC
Creator
The Journey to Melonia
Director
During the Journey to Melonia
(self)
Tre blommiga falukorvar
Director
Ronja Rövardotter
Costume Design
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Costume Design
Blommig falukorv
Director
Vem spökar Alfons Åberg?
Director
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Creative Achievement winner
SOPOR
Animation
God Natt Alfons Åberg
Director
Alfie Atkins
Director
Father to Be
Animation
The Adventures of Picasso
Art Designer
Christopher's Christmas Mission
Director
Dunderklumpen!
Director
Karl XII
Costume Designer
Spader, Madame!
Costume Designer
Out of an Old Man's Head
Animation Director