Jonas Akerlund
- Born November 10, 1965
- Swedish film, music video director, and drummer.
- He first found fame as main video director for Swedish pop act Roxette. In 1997 he directed the acclaimed video for The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up".
- 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".
- 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 has worked with a vairety of different styles of music; David Guetta, Rihanna, Christina Augularia, Lady gaga, Nelly Furtado, Jenifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Pink, Britnay Spears, Madonna, Kelly Rowland, James Blunt, Blink 182, Robbie Williams, The prodigy, Jamiroquai.
- In 2002 he did his first full length film ‘Spun’
- He has become a long collaborator of pop singer Madonna by working on her movies (listed below) and on music videos such as ‘Jump’, ‘Music’ and ‘American life’
Madonna: Confessions Tour - Live from London (TV Special) (2006)
Madonna: The Confessions Tour (CD/DVD Release) (2007)
He more recently directed the video for Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera's 2011 single "Moves Like Jagger
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