Director of Photography

Par Ekberg

P!nk and hubby Channing Tatum are the perfect &#39;50s married couple in Beautiful Trauma, directed and choreographed by Nick Florez and RJ Durell. And if they want to cross-dress, and even bring another pussycat into their night games, whose going to argue?It&#39;s like the directors have distilled the best bits of a couple of Todd Haynes movies, added Betty Page, and turned them into a Hollywood musical. A very pink one.Shot by Par Ekberg and art directed by JC Molina - regular Jonas Akerlund collaborators &ndash; this busts out all over in a very entertaining fashion. After her smash with the Georgia Hudson-directed What About Us, P!nk is on a roll.

Nick Florez

RJ Durell

Melissa Larsen Ekholm

Matt Nee

JC Molina

Camille Yorrick

RCA Records

P!nk 'Beautiful Trauma' by Nick Florez & RJ Durell

P!nk - Beautiful Trauma (Official Video)

Josh Homme and Jonas Akerlund know how to put on a show. This one involves the devilish&nbsp;Josh with a dance troupe&nbsp;of Jonas Ak-ettes (surely the Swedish director himself was&nbsp;the inspiration for their long black wigs?) - through a series of pentagram-emblazoned scenes in leather jacket, tuxedo and top hat and tails.&nbsp;Josh the devilish showman is always nice while he&#39;s being naughty. And the track is a real grower too.

United States

Jonas Akerlund

Serial Pictures

Violaine Etienne

Mark Berger

Jennifer Gee

Marcus Kullgren

Andy Coffing

Emma Fairley

Lisa Eaton

Maryam Malakpour

Ozzy Salvatierra

Maranda Widlund

Jay Diola

Rock

Queens Of The Stone Age 'The Way You Used To Do' by Jonas Akerlund

Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do

Lady Gaga is back in&nbsp;true bombastic, daredevilish form for her new video&nbsp;John Wayne, directed&nbsp;by Jonas Akerlund.The frenzied&nbsp;Tarantino-flavoured clip sees the songstress with an incurable need for speed, gathering&nbsp;more and more momentum as she trades in racehorse&nbsp;for&nbsp;motorcycle for a car lurching forward towards complete oblivion - all told&nbsp;in&nbsp;zany, neon drenched, and&nbsp;entirely over-the-top&nbsp;fashion.Its a telltale story of a&nbsp;self-destructive romance where star-crossed lovers cavort, drink&nbsp;and bring out each others&#39; thrill-seeking&nbsp;side as&nbsp;libidinous fuel&nbsp;for an&nbsp;exhilarating and short-lived&nbsp;passion.&bull; Lady Gaga Joanne World Tour tour dates <a href="https://maineventspecials.com/lady-gaga-tour-dates/" target="_blank">here</a>

Scott Pourroy

Michel Waxman

Laure Scott

Martin Roker at Black Dog Films

Lady Gaga 'John Wayne' by Jonas Åkerlund

Lady Gaga - John Wayne

Jonas Åkerlund&#39;s video for young British old-school rockers The Struts harks back to the good old days of punk, glam,&nbsp;sex, drugs and rock n&rsquo; roll, with central London providing the backdrop for some classically louche behaviour involving girls and bottles of Jack. Looks like they&#39;re having a whale of a time.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Jacob Swan Hyam

Scott Horan

Katie Dolan

Black Dog Films

Luis Moreno

Jeff Vine

Antony Hugill

Ben Scott

Susie Coulthard

Jump NY

Houmam Abdallah

Robin Olofsson

Western Fonger

Naomi Golding

Hannah Glossop

Rob Nicholls

Rosaria Bellistri

Kristin Chalmers

Laura Lilley

Helena Card

Sally Crouch

Mark Kozlowski

Indie

The Struts 'Could Have Been Me' by Jonas Åkerlund

The Struts - Could Have Been Me

In his second outing with&nbsp;the band,&nbsp;Jonas Åkerlund follows up his promo for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/04/08/coldplay-magic-jonas-akerlund" target="_blank">Magic</a> with this beauty for new single True Love.Jonas&#39; video sees lead singer Chris Martin and co-star Jessica Lewis don fat suits for this sweet tale of &#39;love conquers all&#39; with Mr Martin as the hapless janitor and Jessica as the free-spirited and beautiful ballerina. Excellent.&nbsp;

Svana Gisla

Scott Purrouy

Phil Harvey

Dave Holmes

B. Åkerlund

Todd Heater

Blanca Li

Coldplay 'True Love' by Jonas Åkerlund

Coldplay - True Love (Official video)

Jonas Akerlund recreates the silent movie age in this very cute promo for Coldplay&#39;s Magic.&nbsp;Akerlund&#39;s video is set in a circus tent (in the foreground of what looks like downtown LA) with Chris Martin playing both goodie and baddie and Crouching Tiger actress Zhang Ziyi as the knife-thrower.Chris then sets to work on his magic skills to lure Zhang away from her evil pantomime-like lover...

Zhang Ziyi

Chris Martin

Parlophone

Pana at NHB Berlin

Weston Fonger

Stefan Demetriou

Sam Seager

Coldplay 'Magic' by Jonas Akerlund

Coldplay - Magic (Official video)

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Jonas Åkerlund directs the video for The Rolling Stones' Doom And Gloom – their 50th anniversary track – featuring Swedish actress Noomi Rapace – and it's classic Jonas: no-holds-barred, yet peerlessly slick visuals from the director who puts the glam back into rock. 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star is definitely the star of the show here – the muse for Akerlund's satirical take on the lyrics, from WW2 bomber pilot to homeless waif to (half-naked) rock chick to Mick Jagger replacement – and smoking a hell of a lot and eating til her head explodes... 

The Stones largely play second-fiddle to Noomi's blistering, multi-faceted performance – but of course still look suitably iconic in their cragginess. Even the song ain't that bad - or at least it doesn't sound like it when you're watching this. It rocks. 

Rolling Stones 
Doom and Gloom (Polydor)
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Producer: Svana Gisla
Production Company: <a href="http://www.rsafilms.com/company/black-dog-uk/"target="_blank">Black Dog Films</a>
Lead Actress: Noomi Rapace 
DoP: Pär Ekberg
Paris Line Producer: Michel Moniot for 75 Paris
Production Designer: Eddy Penot 
Stylist: Susie Coulthard 
Hair & Make Up Artist: Darren Evans 
Second Unit Director: Adam Powell
Camera Operator: Todd Heater
1st Assistant Director: Andrew Coffing
Production Assistant: Lianne Dauban
Offline editor: Luis Moreno at Jump NY
Telecine: Pana at Uncle Berlin
Online: Manic NY
Post Production Producer: Alexandra Leal
Graphics: Trunk Animation
Animation: Unit London
Audio and sound design: Mattias Eklund at Chimney Pot Stockholm
Stock footage supervisor: Sara Garcia Anderson
Commissioner: Semera Khan
Watch: <a href="https://rsafilms.wiredrive.com/present-reel/token/ef5b37ddbfdfdac470937965ad99f65d" target="_blank">Quicktime movie</a>

Eddy Penot

Adam Powell

Andrew Coffing

Lianne Dauban

Pana

Manic NY

Alexandra Leal

Semera Khan

The Rolling Stones 'Doom And Gloom' by Jonas Åkerlund

Megaforce's first video since Is Tropical's The Greeks is quite a big one...
Leo, Raphael, Clement and Charles (aka Megaforce) got the nod to direct Madonna's video for Give Me All Your Luvin' - the first, hyper-catchy song from new album MDNA - with a dark cartoon of a treatment which has Madonna being protected at all costs. For her part, Mdna is apparently a big fan of their Kid Cudi video.
It was shot in New York at the beginning of December, and after a lengthy edit by Madonna's favourite editor Danny Tull, post production took place at Box in New York and Mathematic in Paris, who did sterling work creating backgrounds in several scenes - including most of the opening 'suburbia' scene. 
Maybe less dark than Megaforce hoped, but still a blockbuster, and you can't fault Madge for giving budding European directing talent a helping hand. She's been doing it for years. And of course it ties in with her Superbowl show...

Megaforce

The Directors Bureau, Riff Raff, El Nino

Ethan Tobman

Danny Tull

Madonna 'Give Me All Your Luvin' (ft M.I.A. & Nicky Minaj) by Megaforce

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Great stuff - and it's included in Pitchfork's <a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8731-the-top-music-videos-of-2011/" target="_blank">Top Music Videos of 2011</a>.

Rammstein
Mein Land (Universal Germany) 
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Producer: Svana Gisla
Line Producer LA: Shelli Jury
DoP: Par Ekberg
1st AD: Andy Coffing
Editor: Richard Cooperman
Online: Chimney Pot Stockholm and Uncle Berlin

http://vimeo.com/32096263

Jonas ...kerlund

Richard Cooperman

Chimney Pot Stockholm and Uncle Berlin

Rammstein 'Mein Land' by Jonas Åkerlund

The song originally made its debut last autumn as part of the much-buzzed-about Doritos "Late Night" online global music event. Two videos provide contrasting views of Rihanna's persona: a vibrant, playful one for day and a darker, grittier version for night.
Solid worked closely with ...kerlund on concepting and designing unique graphic looks for the video. Their work involved extensive type design elements and animations, numerous transitions, as well as compositing VFX into the footage - rotoscoping Rihanna, the dancers and particle animations. Additional VFX elements were created by Chimney Pot.

Henric Larsson

Oualid Mouaness

Richard Lasalle

Susan Appleg

Tina Landon and Jason Myhre

Carlos Haynes

Jen Olive Lee

Uncle Berlin/Berlin, Germany

David Guetta and Rihanna's Who's That Chick by Jonas Åkerlund

David-Guetta-and-Rihanna's-Who's-That-Chick-by-Jonas-Åkerlund

Britney is back with the dubstep-mangling Hold It Against Me, and the stunning video is by Jonas ...kerlund - his first ever for Britney.

Hagai Shaham

Serial Pictures LA

Mike Conte

B ...kerlund

Brian Friedman

Christian Larsson

Chimney Pot Stockholm

Britney Spears' Hold It Against Me (Director's Cut) by Jonas Åkerlund

Jonas Akerlund and Gaga's successor to the wonderful Paparazzi - the one that really established the now familiar 'damaged-diva' persona - is a phenomenon: 14 million hits on Youtube in three days, since it debuted as an exclusive to Vevo at midnight, New York time, on Thursday.
Gaga is a vengeful coutured sociopath and Beyoncé at her most bodacious in the Tarantino-influenced second half, but the lurid women's prison sequence - a perfect setting for a mischievous pair like Jonas and Gaga - is what makes this nine minute mini-movie (shot beautifully by Par Ekberg) so memorable.

Par Ekberg

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