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Tobias Granstrom

Likely non-Canada - name pattern reads Scandinavian and Dear Friend reps international directors for the Canadian market. TREAT AS UNVERIFIED, Unconfirmed

Tobias Granström is a Stockholm-based commercial director who trained at Stockholm Film School and worked in production, set design, grip and gaffer crews, storyboarding, and editing before moving into directing.

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Dear Friend
Production company · Canada (Vancouver + Toronto) · verification date unavailable
Dear Friend
Production company · CA, Global · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Named Sweden’s best commercial director
Roy Awards · award
The Way I See It: David Mitchell
Shots · 2024 · press
Tobias Granström & King: Clas Ohlson – and the power of wonderful storytelling – make you want to repair more
The Stable · 2020 · press
Selected clients
VolkswagenJeepMercedes-BenzIKEAToyotaClas OhlsonCom HemSASChevroletCoca-Cola

Bio & background

Tobias Granström is a Stockholm-based commercial director who trained at Stockholm Film School and worked in production, set design, grip and gaffer crews, storyboarding, and editing before moving into directing. He joined Acne in 2012, where his career gained momentum, and was later named Sweden’s best commercial director at the Roy Awards. He has been working with Bleck Film in Sweden, Wild Gift in the US, Markenfilm Crossing in Germany, and Dear Friend in Canada (West Coast Exclusive), following earlier roster time at Bacon (announced 2017). His work is heavily automotive, including Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles “Space” and “Electric Girl,” Mercedes-Benz/AMG “Not an SUV,” Skoda, Jaguar “Art of Performance,” the Jeep Compass suite (“Recalculating,” “VIP Suite,” and related spots with significant US airings), Toyota “TeenDrive,” and Chevrolet. Other credits span Samsung’s Olympics-linked “Nordic Mentality,” SAS “Journeys That Matter” and “I Miss You,” Disney, Nintendo Holiday, Max Burgers, Postnord, Com Hem “Astronaut” (2016), Clas Ohlson “Things are meant to be used” (October 2020, which he also edited), IKEA, Coca-Cola, GE, Save the Children, Nordea, Försvarsmakten, ACO, and Universal Studios. Trade bios highlight his pairing of classic cinematography with groundbreaking VFX, 3D animation, and progressive film technology, alongside human-scale storytelling noted for humour and heart on Clas Ohlson.

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Awards
  • Named Sweden’s best commercial director
    Roy Awards
Press
  • The Way I See It: David Mitchell
    Shots · 2024
Tobias Granström & King: Clas Ohlson – and the power of wonderful storytelling – make you want to repair more
The Stable · 2020
  • Clas Ohlson – Things are meant to be used
    Ads of the World · 2020
  • Bacon Announces New Director Tobias Granström
    LBB · 2017
  • Bacon Taps Tobias Granström
    Shots · 2017
  • M&C Saatchi Stockholm Offers an Otherworldly Experience in Com Hem Debut
    LBB · 2016