Rasmus Andre Sivertsen (26 September 1972,
Inderøy) is a Norwegian
film director,
editor,
producer,
animator and former
television director. He is a co-owner of film production company
Qvisten Animation.
Rasmus Andre Sivertsen was born on 26 September 1972 in
Inderøy,
Trøndelag, Norway. He studied
animation at
Volda University College in
Møre og Romsdal and graduated in 1995. He made his
directorial debut in 2001 with the short film
Guggen - The Big Cheese, and made his
feature film directorial debut as a co-director of
Captain Sabertooth (2003), based on the
titular franchise. In 2008, he directed
Kurt turns Evil for Qvisten Animation, and later directed two films based on the
Pelle Politibil children's character, known as Ploddy in English dubbed media:
Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash (2009) and
Ploddy the Police Car on the Case (2013). In Norway, the films grossed $1,524,396 from 120,816 admissions and $2,102,960 from 158,029 admissions respectively.
Sivertsen directed a
trilogy of films based on the characters from
Kjell Aukrust's
Flåklypa universe, with
Solan and Ludvig (named Louis and Luca in English dubbed media) being the principal focus of the films. The first film,
Solan and Ludvig: Christmas in Pinchcliffe, was released in 2013 and grossed $12,313,639 internationally. The second film
Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race, was released in 2015, and received 241,472 admissions in Norwegian cinemas. The final film
Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon, was released in 2018, and grossed $4,838,873 from 422,796 admissions, making it the second highest-grossing film in Norway of that year. All three films received positive reviews, with praise particularly aimed at the films' humour and animation, but with criticisms focused on their conventionality.
