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
NRSeek a better rock...
The Munkits
2026
NRA little mood piece based on the poem by Alfred Tennyson.
The Kraken
2016
NR"Living Night", also known as "A Livermere Poem", was written by English scholar and ghost story writer Montague Rhodes James.
Living Night
2015
NRA man wakes up in a very strange place.
Nightgaunts
2011
NRBased on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.
Memory
2017
4.0In 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
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRSeek a better rock...
The Munkits
2026
NRA little mood piece based on the poem by Alfred Tennyson.
The Kraken
2016
NR"Living Night", also known as "A Livermere Poem", was written by English scholar and ghost story writer Montague Rhodes James.
Living Night
2015
NRA man wakes up in a very strange place.
Nightgaunts
2011
NRBased on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.
Memory
2017
4.0In 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
4.0In 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
NRShort film made from British children's book writer Colin West's nonsense poem.
The Blunderblat!
2010
NRBarzai 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
NRA stroll in the woods turns into quite an adventure for a little elf.
Goblin Wood
2009
NRA 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
NRThe 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
NRShort film dealing with the monstrous character "Brown Jenkin" from H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Dreams in the Witch House".
Concerning Brown Jenkin
2009
NRAn encounter between a sea monster and a fisherman results in a sort-of discussion about fear.
Umibozu!
2011
NRThe poem "Jabberwocky" with narration in Swedish. All creatures are stop motion animated.
Jabberwocky
2006
10.0The Ghooric Zone is a mystical place so weird that visiting it could cause madness.
Report From the Ghooric Zone
2021
NRA hero's journey back home after a quest...
The End of the Quest
2022
NRA hero's journey back home after a quest...
The End of the Quest
2022
NRMini-space epic starring two headstrong young heroines, taking on the mechanical scum of the galaxy.
Save Prince Plutonium
2011
"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
