Jonas Åkerlund

Jonas Åkerlund

Music Video Director 10 videos the 90s to 00s

Jonas Åkerlund, a Swedish director and former drummer for the black metal band Bathory, transitioned to music videos in the late 1990s with a high-energy, fast-cut visual style. His work with Madonna on "Ray Of Light" marked an early success, combining rapid editing and saturated color processing. He continued through the 2000s with videos for blink-182, Moby, Robbie Williams, and The Smashing Pumpkins, often employing aggressive camera movement and stylized post-production.

90s
Smack My Bitch Up 4:33
The Prodigy — Smack My Bitch Up
1997 dance 661K views
Ray Of Light 5:08
Madonna — Ray Of Light
1998 dance 43M views
Canned Heat 10:49
Jamiroquai — Canned Heat
1999 dance 4M views
The Everlasting Gaze 4:03
The Smashing Pumpkins — The Everlasting Gaze
1999 alternative 16M views
00s
Try, Try, Try 5:11
The Smashing Pumpkins — Try, Try, Try
2000 alternative 7M views
Porcelain 3:10
Moby — Porcelain
2001 dance 74M views
Beautiful 4:42
Christina Aguilera — Beautiful
2002 ballad 9M views
Come Undone 4:34
Robbie Williams — Come Undone
2003 pop 23M views
I Miss You 3:50
blink-182 — I Miss You
2003 alternative 499M views
Sexed Up 4:21
Robbie Williams — Sexed Up
2003 ballad 21M views

Frequent Collaborators

Artists with 2+ videos directed by Jonas Åkerlund

Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams 2 videos
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins 2 videos