Directing

Richard Svensson

Place of birth

Sweden

Known for

Directing

Credits

23 titles

Richard Svensson, also known as The Lone Animator, is a Swedish stop-motion artist born in 1974. He creates independent short films featuring monsters, fantasy, and weird fiction, often inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. Combining sculpture, illustration, and practical effects, he shares his work on YouTube and other platforms, keeping the art of handcrafted stop-motion alive.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Munkits poster
NR

Seek a better rock...

The Munkits

2026

The Kraken poster
NR

A little mood piece based on the poem by Alfred Tennyson.

The Kraken

2016

Living Night poster
NR

"Living Night", also known as "A Livermere Poem", was written by English scholar and ghost story writer Montague Rhodes James.

Living Night

2015

Nightgaunts poster
NR

A man wakes up in a very strange place.

Nightgaunts

2011

Memory poster
NR

Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.

Memory

2017

The Shadow Out of Time poster
4.0

In 1908 Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a university professor, suffers a sudden mental breakdown during a class. In 1913 he seems to recover but has no memory of the last five years. He sets out to discover what happened.

The Shadow Out of Time

2012

The Shadow Out of Time poster
4.0

In 1908 Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a university professor, suffers a sudden mental breakdown during a class. In 1913 he seems to recover but has no memory of the last five years. He sets out to discover what happened.

The Shadow Out of Time

2012

The Blunderblat! poster
NR

Short film made from British children's book writer Colin West's nonsense poem.

The Blunderblat!

2010

The Other Gods poster
NR

Barzai the Wise, a high priest and prophet greatly learned in the lore of the "gods of earth", or Great Ones, attempts to scale the mountain of Hatheg-Kla in order to look upon their faces, accompanied by his young disciple Atal.

The Other Gods

2015

Goblin Wood poster
NR

A stroll in the woods turns into quite an adventure for a little elf.

Goblin Wood

2009

The King Who Sought Immortality poster
NR

A little mythological tale of the meaning of life, quite a bit inspired by the Dynamation epics of animator Ray Harryhausen.

The King Who Sought Immortality

2011

The Mewlips poster
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The Mewlips are nasty creatures that hobbit parents scare their children with, so the kids don't wander off with foolish ideas of adventure.

The Mewlips

2008

Concerning Brown Jenkin poster
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Short film dealing with the monstrous character "Brown Jenkin" from H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Dreams in the Witch House".

Concerning Brown Jenkin

2009

Umibozu! poster
NR

An encounter between a sea monster and a fisherman results in a sort-of discussion about fear.

Umibozu!

2011

Jabberwocky poster
NR

The poem "Jabberwocky" with narration in Swedish. All creatures are stop motion animated.

Jabberwocky

2006

Report From the Ghooric Zone poster
10.0

The Ghooric Zone is a mystical place so weird that visiting it could cause madness.

Report From the Ghooric Zone

2021

The End of the Quest poster
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A hero's journey back home after a quest...

The End of the Quest

2022

The End of the Quest poster
NR

A hero's journey back home after a quest...

The End of the Quest

2022

Save Prince Plutonium poster
NR

Mini-space epic starring two headstrong young heroines, taking on the mechanical scum of the galaxy.

Save Prince Plutonium

2011

No artwork available
NR

"The Lovecraft Alphabet" presents blasphemous horrors through stop-motion animation. Each letter introduces a monstrous creation from H.P. Lovecraft's works. Enjoy a darkly comedic journey through the alphabet of cosmic dread.

The Lovecraft Alphabet

2014