Jakob STRÖM - Director

Jakob grew up in Sweden, studied in San Francisco and started his career in advertising, as an award winning Art Director.

After a few years, Jakob took the leap over to the film side and became director assistant to Fredrik Bond. Quite fast, Jakob felt ready to direct on his own and joined the famous production house RAF (Renck Åkerlund Film). He directed number of commercials and music videos, winning more and more prestigious awards, thanks to his unique storytelling always with a strong visual impact.

Late fall 2015, Jakob did a pro bono job for CARE Norway, an organization working for women’s rights across the globe. The result was a 5 minutes short film, viewed more than 300 million times worldwide and winning plenty of awards, also in Cannes festival.

"They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel." (Carl W. Buehner)

Awards :
Eurobest Gold Film category (1997),
Gold Clio Student Award (1996)
Golden Swan/Humor prize Nordic Advertising Festival (1998),
Silver Egg Award for print (2002)
Grammis Awards (2006)
Grand Prix (Voitto and Gold) and Vuoden Huiput in Finland for Igglo (2006)
Gold and Silver Lion in Cannes
Grand Prix Award and Gold in New York Festival (2016)
White Pencil in D&AD (2016)
Silver in CLIO (2016)
Two Grand Prix Awards and one gold in CRESTA (2016)
Two Gold and one Silver in LIA (London International Awards) (2016)
One Gold and one Silver in Eurobest (2016)

Collaborations : Liddl, Mistubishi, Telia, SATS, Gilde, Staropramen, Meny, Findus, Ocean Spray