Antti Jokinen

Antti Jokinen (born 26 April 1968 in Nurmijärvi) is a Finnish music video and film director, as well as a former college basketball player.

Biography

Early life

Jokinen attended East Carolina University on a basketball scholarship and later graduated with a major in broadcast and film.

TV career and Music Videos

After his studies in the USA Jokinen moved back to Finland and formed a production company called Storm Inc. together with a Finnish Film Producer Markus Selin. Later on the two formed Solar Films Ltd. which nowadays has become of the leading film production companies in Finland. Jokinen moved from the Finnish music videos to TV by landing a job to directed one episode for a Finnish TV series "Tähtilampun alla" for his newly established production company Solar Films. This lead him to direct another TV series, "Tähtitehdas" also for Solar Films, and once again produced by Selin. The two also continued working together producing multiple music videos for the Finnish and European artists such as Sash. The videos eventually got him an agent in the USA. Jokinen moved back to USA and become a full-time music video director. He directed music videos for artists such as Beyoncé, Will Smith, Tiziano Ferro, Missy Elliott, Anastacia, Celine Dion, Thalía,Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Lordi, Nightwish, Shania Twain, Westlife and Wyclef Jean.