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Adam Berg

Adam Berg is a Swedish director whose work spans commercials, features, and music videos.

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Production company & representation
SMUGGLER
Production company · Global · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Guldbagge Award Nominee for Black Crab
Guldbagge Awards · 2023 · award
Novella Film Award for In
Göteborg Film Festival · 2011 · award
Cannes Lions Film Grand Prix for Philips Carousel
Cannes Lions · 2009 · award
Selected clients
AppleNikePhilipsUberVolvoDHLSamsungLexusMercedes-BenzMax

Bio & background

Adam Berg is a Swedish director whose work spans commercials, features, and music videos. He gained worldwide recognition when his 2009 Philips "Carousel" became the first online ad to win the Cannes Lions Film Grand Prix—a 139-second single-shot tracking sequence through a frozen heist scene shot on 35mm with motion-controlled rigs. Since then, Berg has directed award-winning campaigns for Apple, Nike, Uber, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Samsung, DHL, Max, Crocs, Delta Airlines, Budweiser, IKEA, and Gillette, earning multiple Cannes Lions, D&AD Pencils, Clio Awards, British Arrows, and AICP honors. His commercial work combines technical innovation—VFX integration, POV cinematography, complex choreography—with emotionally resonant storytelling. Notable spots include Uber's "Boxes" (200+ extras in Bangkok), DHL's "License to Deliver" (Bond-inspired), Max's "Dive In" (colliding fantasy worlds), and Volvo's "Epilogue" (Zlatan Ibrahimović tribute for Forsman & Bodenfors). He made his feature debut with "Black Crab" (2022), Netflix's third most-watched non-English film, and executive produced Amazon's "Tales from the Loop" (2020). Based in Stockholm and working with SMUGGLER globally and B-Reel Films in Scandinavia, Berg continues to push boundaries across formats.

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Awards
  • Guldbagge Award Nominee for Black Crab
    Guldbagge Awards · 2023
  • Novella Film Award for In
    Göteborg Film Festival · 2011
  • Cannes Lions Film Grand Prix for Philips Carousel
    Cannes Lions · 2009
  • Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Nike My Time Is Now
    Cannes Lions
  • Best Short Film for In
    Gothenburg Film Festival · 2011
Press
  • 12 creative campaigns to know about today - Michelob Ultra
    AdAge · 2026
  • Adam Berg Delivers an Ethereal Haunting Atmosphere in Kent's Striking The Returners Music Video
    LBB Online · 2024
  • B-Reel Films Welcomes Commercial Director Adam Berg
    LBB Online · 2022
  • Buckle Up, Because Delta Is Coming for You With Another Intense and Lofty Ad
    AdWeek · 2016
  • Director Adam Berg Imagine For Child Poverty Action Group
    Shootonline
  • Rightmove's Slam Dunk Spot Embraces the Belief in Making the Move
    LBB Online
  • Adam Berg: Carousel Man
    SHOTS
  • 11 creative campaigns to know about today - Gopuff
    AdAge
  • Carousel (advertisement)
    Wikipedia