Jonas Akerlund

Director of Lady Gaga - Telephone

About Him.
Jonas kerlund (born November 10, 1965) is a Swedish film and music video director, and drummer. He is 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 Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera's 2011 single "Moves Like Jagger". kerlund was a member of the Swedish black metal band Bathory from 1983 through 1984. Among his more recent works were the controversial pornographic music video for Rammstein's "Pussy", the video for the song "Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonc and Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears.

His Long list of work.

Telephone Lady Gaga.

"Telephone" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released from her third extended play (EP) and second major release The Fame Monster (2009). The song, featuring America R&B singer Beyonc Knowles, was written by Gaga and Rodney Jerkins. Inspired by her fear of not being able to enjoy herself because of her dedication to her career, Gaga explained that the lyrics portray herself preferring the dance floor instead of answering her lover's phone call and noted that the telephone addressed in the lyrics of the song is, in reality, a person telling her to continue working harder

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The music video is over nine minutes long and begins where "Paparazzi" left off after Gaga was arrested for killing her boyfriend by poisoning his drink.(Both videos were directed by him) She is taken to a women's prison, where she is led to her cell by two prison guards, who strip her of shoulder-padded dress and left standing nude, while she is mocked by the other prison inmates. One of the guards comments, "I told you she didn't have a dick", referring to the rumors that Gaga is intersex, using her video she has denied the rumours. For the first three minutes, the video shows Gaga's activities in the prisonincluding kissing another female prisoner in the exercise yard, wearing sunglasses made out of half-smoked cigarettes, and catfights in the commissary. Gaga's sister, Natali Germanotta, makes a cameo in the commissary scene. After that, Gaga answers a call from Beyonc, and begins to sing the song. She performs the first verse and chorus with other scantily clad inmates, followed by a bridge featuring Gaga wearing only yellow "Caution" tape.]Gaga is bailed out and exits to find Beyonc waiting for her in the "Pussy Wagon". Beyonc is nicknamed Honey Bee, a reference to the character Honey Bunny in Tarantino's 1994 crime film Pulp Fiction.After an exchange of dialogues, they travel through a desert and pull over at a diner.Beyonc sits opposite to Gibson, but tires of his stupidity and poisons him, but it does not kill him like she had hoped. The video then shifts to an intermediate sequence called "Let's Make a Sandwich. This completely break up the story plot of the video and adds a new mini clip in her music video. Gaga stands in a kitchen, wearing a folded-up telephone on her head, while dancers cavort behind her, holding salad tongs and assorted cutlery. Ultimately, she prepares a sandwich and eats it, after a dance sequence. In the meantime, she mixes poison into all of the dishes she is preparing for the unsuspecting customers causing Gibson and everybody else, including characters played by Semi Precious Weapons and her Great Dane, Lava, to die. Gaga and Beyonc perform another dance sequence, wearing American flag inspired garments and shredded denims, while strutting around the dead bodies.They then leave in the "Pussy Wagon" and travel on a highway as news reporter reports the murders. The last shots show Gaga and Beyonc travelling through a desert with police sirens wailing in the background. The video ends with the line "To Be Continued ..." followed by end credits, This was the longest video Gaga had made, its massive hype towards the video that is almost shot as if it were taken from a movie itself. The continuity of Jonas work really adds a twist and fresh look at music videos today by combining her videos together into mini movies.

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Spun - It is kerlund's dbut as a feature-film director, having already become known for his work in music videos. The film was shot in 22 days, and centers on various people involved in a methamphetamine drug ring. The film blends elements of dark comedy and drama in its storytelling. Its title is a reference to the slang term for the way users feel after going multiple days without sleep while on a methamphetamine binge The Horseman- 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.

Small Apartments is an upcoming American film directed by Jonas kerlund. It tells the story of Franklin Franklin, played by Matt Lucas, who by mistake kills his landlord, played by Peter Stormare.The cast co-stars Johnny Knoxville, James Caan, Dolph Lundgren, Billy Crystal, Juno Temple, Saffron Burrows and Amanda Plummer. The screenplay was written by Chris Millis and adapted from his own novella