Fredrik Liliegren
Fredrik Liliegren (born 5 December 1969) is vice president graphics and portability Group of the Software company TransGaming and former CEO of Antic Entertainment, Red Jade[1] and Digital Illusions. He is a co-founder of the Swedish games development studio Digital Illusions. Liliegren worked not as a programmer but as an entrepreneur on the business side of the company and was responsible for founding the demogroup DICE.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Liliegren was born in Lund, Sweden to parents Lars-Göran Liljegren and Lena Bramsbo. As a teenager in Växjö, as a junior high and high school student, he spent a lot of time creating graphics and demo games.[3] He studied computer science at Växjö University, now known as Linnaeus University, in Sweden,[4] but never graduated.[3]
Career[edit]
While studying at Linnaeus, in 1992 Liliegren and fellow students Ulf Mandorff, Olof Gustafsson, Andreas Axelsson and Markus Nystrom, members of the former demogroup the Silents – for which Liliegren acted as a spokesperson[5] – founded the computer game company DICE and developed pinball computer games for Amiga.[6] The first games were Pinball Dreams – which they started developing in 1988[3] and sold in 1992[7] – and the Battlefield series.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Liliegren lives in London, Ontario with his wife Tamara.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Red Jade". Adweek: Western Advertising News. A/S/M Communications. 50 (36–44): 81. 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ Hewson, Andrew (9 May 2016). "Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers". Hewson Consultants – via Google Books.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sjögren, Jennie. "Affärsidé: dataspel". Svenska Dagbladet, 1998-09-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Digital Illusions fyller 25 år - Hype.se". 9 September 2017.
- ↑ Mortensen, Fredrik, "Svenskt datorspel erövrar världen". Dagens Nyheter, 1994-02-09.
- ↑ Wolf, Mark J. P. (1 May 2015). "Video Games Around the World". MIT Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ Bondesson, Mikael. "Han är pojken med guldbyxorna. Amerikanska EA betalar 500 miljoner för - ...spelföretag." Expressen, 2004-11-16.
External links[edit]
- TransGaming official homepage
- Antic Entertainment official homepage[permanent dead link]
- Redjade official homepage
- Fredrik Liliegren on IMDb
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