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

Biography

Early life

Born in Nurmijärvi to a family of a sports journalist, Jokinen attended East Carolina University on a basketball scholarship and later graduated with a major in broadcast and film. While still in university, he produced a short film called "Fist Full of Sand", which was based on Jim Morrison's poetry. The short film won a filmmaking award at the North Carolina Film Festival, attracting the attention of MTV executives in New York City. After he graduated from university, Jokinen worked as an assistant producer on the music shows "Awake on the Wild Side", "MTV Rocks" and "YO! MTV Raps".

TV career and music videos

After his studies in the US, Jokinen moved back to Finland and for…Read more on Wikipedia