FILM DIRECTOR

Jonas Åkerlund

1965 - Today

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Hans Uno Jonas Åkerlund (Swedish: [hɑːns ˈʉ̌ːnʊ ˈjûːnas ˈôːkɛˌɭɵnd]; born 10 November 1965) is a Swedish film and music video director. His video for Madonna's song "Ray of Light" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record of five awards at 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video of the Year. In 2008 he won a Grammy Award for "Best Long Form Music Video" for directing Madonna's "The Confessions Tour" DVD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonas Åkerlund has received more than 1,142,146 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jonas Åkerlund is the 1,105th most popular film director (down from 1,005th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 689th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jonas Åkerlunds by language

Over the past year Jonas Åkerlund has had the most page views in the with 113,610 views, followed by Swedish (18,800), and German (16,366). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (197.79%), Malagasy (120.45%), and Catalan (50.41%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jonas Åkerlund ranks 1,105 out of 2,041. Before him are Roman Viktyuk, Gregory La Cava, Alan Crosland, Joe Wright, Elvira Notari, and David Twohy. After him are Pavel Lungin, Peter Del Monte, Willis H. O'Brien, Agustí Villaronga, Monte Hellman, and Edgar Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jonas Åkerlund ranks 235. Before him are Merab Ninidze, David Reimer, Robert Emmiyan, Kelly Rowan, Emilio Sánchez, and Askar Mamin. After him are Darren Cahill, Mia Mottley, Michael E. Brown, Ted Raimi, Andrew Stanton, and Thomas Helmer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jonas Åkerlund ranks 801 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Frederik von Breda (1759), Ragnar Östberg (1866), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Åge Lundström (1890), Johan Jarlén (1880), and Lea Ahlborn (1826). After him are Erik Larsson (1912), Sven Markelius (1889), Egon Jönsson (1921), Sylvia Vrethammar (1945), Frank Heller (1886), and Gunnar Setterwall (1881).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Jonas Åkerlund ranks 16. Before him are Ruben Östlund (1974), Olle Hellbom (1925), Hasse Ekman (1915), Mikael Håfström (1960), Erika Lust (1977), and Gunnar Fischer (1910). After him are Tomas Alfredson (1965), Arne Sucksdorff (1917), Kjell Grede (1936), Malik Bendjelloul (1977), Johan Renck (1966), and Hannes Holm (1962).

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Filmography

Polar
Director
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Jan 25o 20196.278 / 10
Lords of Chaos
Director
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Sep 20o 20186.816 / 10
Horsemen
Director
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Feb 6o 20095.883 / 10