Claus Gladyszak is an industrial designer, business developer and strategist with over 25 years of experience in design, visual communication and concept development. During his career, he has held various positions as 3D Artist, Event Manager and Marketing Director at the TV2 spin-off company Vizrt. As Marketing Director, he produced an unconventional 30-second TV commercial that aired globally on CNN International – deliberately designed to be misunderstood by 99.9% of viewers while targeting the narrow audience of TV industry decision-makers worldwide. The commercial from 2002 can be viewed here. He has also worked with enterprises like Norsk Tipping, Fabelaktiv and SVT in Sweden. He currently works at VIS – the Western Norway Innovation Center.

Claus is an experienced facilitator and has led a three-digit number of workshops within areas like creativity, idea generation, project and business development. He is a passionate sailor who was more or less born and raised in a sailboat and competes at an international level. Perhaps it's somewhat paradoxical that someone so devoted to the sea has found his love in Dovre – one of Norway's most landlocked locations – yet this unlikely pairing has proven perfect for supporting Trollfilm's artistic vision. Claus has been a key advisor to Trollfilm in the process of developing their strategy to continue flourishing also in the future.

He is now focusing specifically on working with his partner Anita Killi to develop a state-of-the-art multiplane stand, which will become the heart of their new studio space. This will support production of Trollfilm's upcoming animated feature film Christmas Survivors. From the 1st of September 2025 Claus also holds the position as Chairman of the Board of Directors in Trollfilm AS.

Claus at LinkedIn to be found here.