Jonas Åkerlund

Jonas Åkerlund was born on November 10, 1965 he is a Swedish film and music video director. He is best known for directing 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. One of my favourite short films is "try" Set in 2000 about a young couple in love and their drug addiction in Stockholm. They yearn for the warm sun in Califonia. Some of the scenes were recorded at Central Station and Slussen in Stockholm. Some scenes are graphic and some scenes grabbed my emotion. It's a film that I think happens everyday in society. Everyone in America will always want the American dream but for this couple, just having each other is enough.

heres a link to the short film:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJhUro1V-XM