Lasse Gjertsen

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Lasse Gjertsen (born July 19th, 1984) is a Norwegian animator, musician, and videographer known on YouTube as lassegg[1]. Best known for his short pieces "Hyperactive"[2] and "Amateur"[3], which string together short clips of video to create a unique form of video akin to stop-motion animation. His "Hyperactive" video has over 10 million downloads.[4] [5] The 22 year old have an education from a animation education in Volda, Norway and the animation education at Kent Institute of Art & Design in England.[4]

The YouTube success has resulted in many offer from international companies like Chevron and MTV.[6]

Lasse Gjertsen's video Hyperactive was nominated in the category Most Creative video in YouTube's 2006 Video Awards.[7] The video achieved a third place.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ lassegg on YouTube
  2. ^ Hyperactive at YouTube
  3. ^ Amateur at YouTube
  4. ^ a b Superkjendis på Youtube (Super Celebrity on YouTube). NRK (2007-01-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  5. ^ Ruud, Hans-Martin Thømt; Jostein Ihlebæk, Anders Holth Johansen and Sondre Midthun (2007-01-11). Amatører blir kjendiser på YouTube (Amateurs get Celebrity status on YouTube). Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  6. ^ Jannerling, Lisa (2007-01-11). Videosajten har gjort Lasse till superkändis (Video site has done Lasse to a super Celebrity). Expressen. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  7. ^ 2006 Video Awards
  8. ^ 2006 Video Awards Most Creative listing

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