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Jonas Åkerlund

Directing

  • Born
  • November 10, 1965
  • Place of birth
  • Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Biography

Jonas Åkerlund (born November 10, 1965) is a Swedish film and music video director, and drummer. He is best known for his stylish music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short films. His video for Madonna's song "Ray of Light" won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record seven awards at 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video of the Year. He more recently directed the video for Britney Spears' 2011 single "Hold It Against Me".

As actor 10

Germany's Next Topmodel poster
Germany's Next Topmodel
2006
Min sanning poster
Min sanning
2012
ZTV - det stora tv-experimentet poster
ZTV - det stora tv-experimentet
2026
Det svenska popundret poster
Det svenska popundret
2019
Hård rock på export poster
Hård rock på export
2022
Artistry/Technology poster
Artistry/Technology
2015
Rammstein in Amerika poster
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
Om Stefan Jarl
2003
Så jävla metal poster
Så jävla metal
2011
You Do the Best You Can poster
You Do the Best You Can
2001

On the crew 38

Polar poster
Polar
2019
Horsemen poster
Horsemen
2009
Spun poster
Spun
2003
Lords of Chaos poster
Lords of Chaos
2018
Clark poster
Clark
2022
The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection poster
The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection
2001
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret poster
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
2005
Small Apartments poster
Small Apartments
2012
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live poster
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Billy Idol Should Be Dead poster
Billy Idol Should Be Dead
2026
Rite Here Rite Now poster
Rite Here Rite Now
2024
Lemonade poster
Lemonade
2016
DuEls poster
DuEls
2024
Metallica Saved My Life poster
Metallica Saved My Life
2025
Madonna: The Confessions Tour poster
Madonna: The Confessions Tour
2006
Try
2000
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio poster
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio
2024
Roxette Diaries poster
Roxette Diaries
2016
Pussy poster
Pussy
2009
Rammstein: Paris poster
Rammstein: Paris
2017
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double poster
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
Heartbeats
BEYONCÉ poster
BEYONCÉ
2014
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses poster
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
2012
Blink-182: Greatest Hits poster
Blink-182: Greatest Hits
2005
Leave the World Behind poster
Leave the World Behind
2014
Blink-182: Greatest Hits poster
Blink-182: Greatest Hits
2005
Grindr Presents: Madonna LIVE in New York poster
Grindr Presents: Madonna LIVE in New York
2026
The Hidden
1997
Blondie: Good Boys poster
Blondie: Good Boys
2003
Turn the Page poster
Turn the Page
1999
Place (Ställe) poster
Place (Ställe)
2009
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z poster
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
2014
Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman poster
Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman
2014
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo poster
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
2012
GG Allin: Live. Fast. Die.
En film om Modstrilogin poster
En film om Modstrilogin