jonas bang - ikea

With a camera in hand since childhood, Jonas Bang’s lifelong focus on the aesthetic got off to the earliest of starts. Today, the young Danish director has carried his fascination with image into a flourishing career in commercials, campaigns and music videos, often with a raw and poetic touch. Jonas’s style is playful and marked out by his incredible eye for details, with respect to everything from cinematic style to a vibrant use of editing and sound. His most recent short Birth of Oshun (directed together with American painter Harmonia Rosales) is questioning our perception of beauty by interpreting Botticelli's Venus character in new ways. The film got nominated for Best Art Film at this year's YDA Award at The Cannes Film Festival. Jonas’ film Dream Diver, about a band with down syndrome, was nominated for the 2022 UK Music Video Awards for Best Special Video Project and has been travelling festivals in South Korea, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Poland and Greece among others. His 2021 film for fashion label Gestuz, ’The Journey’, was nominated for a number of that year’s art direction and production design awards, including wins at both the Creative Circle and True Awards. Always finding creative ways to convey story and mood, Jonas’s recent work has included clients like Rekorderlig, British Heart Foundation, IKEA, Mercedes-Benz, Lindex and the Finnish national railway company VR, as well as a string of videos for artists like global pop icon MØ and underground legends Iceage.