Lars Westman

Lars Westman (born 27 September 1938 in Östersund) is a Swedish film maker and cartoonist.

More than 280 of his films have been broadcast in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, and US, and via satellite by Art and the Discovery Channel.

He depicted the life of a seven-year-old boy born with a serious skin disease in Victor, A Triumph.

Together with midwife Signe Jansson he made a film, Birth, often shown in maternity wards, to make our start in life easier.

He followed striking miners in 1969-70 in Comrades, Our Enemies Are Well Organized, portrayed a radioactive accident in Brazil (I Have Cecium In My Blood and I Am Scared), as well the effect of the Chernobyl disaster on Scandinavia (Laps, Mountains, and Reindeer).