Henrik Hanson

Henrik Hanson is a Swedish director with Estonian roots. Growing up in Stockholm he built a great interest for film while watching continuous hours of 80's movies. In his boys' room he made short films. While working at his mother's dance school he learnt the discipline of being a creative. One of his short films go into the hands of Jonas Åkerlund and soon enough he started assisting commercial directors at the renowned production house RAF in Stockholm. At RAF he worked alongside with some of the most successful directors in Scandinavia, if not the world, directors such as Johan Renck and Jonas Åkerlund. After receiving a scholarship, he packed his bags and moved to New York to study screenwriting at School of Visual Arts, which earned him a BFA with honors. He moved back to Sweden and started shooting documentary's, music videos, and commercials. Today Henrik is represented by Bleck films in Stockholm. As a director Henrik's work includes commercials and music videos for artists and brands such as Miller, Axe, Swedish House Mafia, Alesso and Bjorn Borg.