ABOUT US
PONY Films is a duo of film makers with decades of combined experience.
Founders Tony Johansson (DP, Producer) and Pontus Andersson (Director, Producer, Writer) both come with deep knowledge of production from fields like commercials, documentaries, music and big live shows.
PONY Films love to put the focus on real people, with real stories to tell and present that in a cinematic and visually exciting way.
always with the storytelling as the foundation
Pony Films are active in Europe and the U.S. and are currently working on three different documentary projects.
PONTUS ANDERSSON
Pontus Andersson is a Swedish producer, director and writer with over two decades of experience.
Since starting his career as a producer with MTV Europe in London he has worked with a great number of highly acclaimed shows and series as well as directing commercials and music videos.
Between 2001-2003, Pontus produced and directed the series Studio Pop which to this date is considered an iconic music tv show in Sweden.
For years he was also an important contributor to the success of the TV production of the music prize P3 Gold.
He has won a Swedish Emmy 4 times for 4 different projects, and he has been nominated numerous more times in categories such as documentary, factual, visual expression and entertainment.
In recent years Pontus has developed, directed and produced 3 seasons of the streamer Viaplay’s highly acclaimed documentary series "On The Verge" where we travel around the U.S. to take an in depth look at social issues like abortion, the climate crisis, the death penalty and homelessness.
He has also recently developed and sold a drama comedy series that will be aired on Sweden’s biggest network, SVT, during Christmas 2022.
Pontus is currently writing a new season of the factual entertainment series Your Brain as well as directing two different documentary projects.
He is a hands on story teller with an eye for making real and important stories come alive on screen.
Pontus always gets the best out of the people he interacts with, both on camera talent and crew.
Pontus has worked all over the world and as he now focuses more and more on documentary film making he can draw from his vast experience of covering a multitude of different topics and genres.
TONY JOHANSSON
Born and raised in Sweden, Tony started his career in film and tv by editing. In 2007 he moved to New York City to pursue bigger stories. Working as a cameraman he found great challenges in covering news, primarily for media organisations such as Reuters and Al Jazeera. After getting more assignments shooting in-depth stories, Tony’s focus shifted towards cinematography.
In 2015 he relocated to Los Angeles where he now resides. As of today, Tony is mainly woking high profile commercials and documentaries, and even though he still loves to put the camera on a car rig or a dolly when the narrative so requires, he has developed his own smooth hand held style which has become his signature.
Despite the fact that Los Angeles is his home base, Tony often finds himself being more on the road than back in southern California.
His background as an editor is something that has truly helped him becoming a more accomplished cinematographer. To understand the coverage and the story told, while filming, is essential to the result.
