Jonas Åkerlund

Jonas Akerlund fascinates me because his work is instantly recognizable, a rare feat in the anonymous trade of music video direction. The fact that he started behind the drum kit in the black metal band Bathory explains everything; he feels rhythm in his bones, and it pulses through his editing. Two Grammy Awards for Best Music Film confirm what the eye already knows. He has shaped the visual mythology of artists from Madonna to Lady Gaga, channeling a Scandinavian appetite for darkness and excess. I keep returning to his work for that uncompromising, slightly dangerous aesthetic. He is a genuine auteur in a disposable medium.

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Name (English)

Jonas Åkerlund

Name (Japanese)

ジョナス・アカーランド

Reading

じょなす・あかーらんど

Born

November 10, 1965 (age 60)

Origin

Bromma, Stockholm County, Sweden

Occupation

music video director / drummer / director / film director / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Grammy Award for Best Music Film
• 2014 Grammy Award for Best Music Film

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.jonasakerlund.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jonasakerlund/
• Xhttps://x.com/akerlund_jonas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20%C3%85kerlund
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455370

Tags

• Stockholm County
• music video director
• drummer
• director

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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