Jakob Bjerkesjö is a screenwriter, author, director, and TV editor with over a decade of experience. Since 2012, he has worked as a director and editor in television and advertising, earning awards and nominations from the Emmy Awards, Kristallen, Guldägget and Spinn. 

In 2019, Jakob decided to pursue his childhood dream of working in comedy. He started an anonymous account on Instagram where he created memes and wrote jokes, which has since grown to become one of the largest in the country with hundreds of thousand followers. The success of the account led to mainstream media publicity, TV documentaries being made about him, and even the publication of his first book. In 2023, Jakob embarked on his journey as a screenwriter for television, achieving his first credit for an upcoming show on SVT. Jakob is currently working on the pilot of his own comedy show for SVT and has two other projects in development.

Agent: Martina Österling

Selected Works:

Untitled - TV show (creator, screenwriter, director and editor) - in development - 2024

Untitled - TV show (screenwriter) - in development - 2024

En Häxas Dagbok - TV show for SVT (screenwriter and editor) - 2024

Hitta Uffe! - Book (author) - 2023

Världens Hemskaste Sjukdomar - TV show for SVT (editor) 2019 - 2020

Världens Värsta Kungar - TV show for SVT (editor) 2021

Grapell “Money” - Music video (writer and director) - 2018

Adidas presents Alexander Isak - Commercial (director) - 2017

Awards and nominations:

International Kids Emmy Awards - Nominee in the category Factual & Entertainment (Editor, Världens Hemskaste Sjukdomar) - 2021

Kristallen - Nominee in the category Årets barnprogram (Editor, Världens Hemskaste Sjukdomar) - 2020

Guldägget - Nominee in the category Integrerat (Director and editor, This Is Swengland) - 2017

Spinn- Winner in the category Årets content marketing (Editor,Sportsvenska för invandrare) - 2017