hasse.i.am

About Me

Lord... make me pure, but not yet.OK, so, HASSE BILLING, that's me, born in Sweden, College in MN, USA, Film School in London, UK. Half Venezuelan/Colombian, half Swedish (although my latino blood is pumping well below my ghost white skin).I'm....I actually hate these "describe yourself" things. They're designed to make people sound like beauty contestants. (this is the third time I write this). Or maybe there's just something wrong with me for caring so much about what other people are going to read.So basically all I will say is that whatever you thought of me before, whether you liked me or hated me, whether you slept with me or slapped me, whether you saw me or ignored me, I am now what people call a film director. Now it may sound fancy, because some people doing what I do actually get money and little naked gold men for it. But until that point, if ever, someone like me will prostitute themselves for no money, put their name and career on the line on a film that won't pay them anything. And why do we do that? Because we like misery. At least I think I do. The boy with the golden hair and the bright sunshine smile is gone. It his place is a man (sort of) with a brooding face and a cynical disposition. It's nothing personal, I'm still a generally happy person. Or maybe I pretend to be miserable so that when I realize I'm actually quite cheery, it's just another pleasant surprise!Have the best day! (I'm really making an effort...)Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

My Interests

Film, TV, Theatre, Musicals (in moderation), Music, Swimming, Football (or "Soccer"), well, most sports, writing, Jenny, and, oh, did I mention Movies?

I'd like to meet:

YOU!

Music:

Always: Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams, Mono, Hoobastank, Beatles, Green Day, Ricky Martin, ELO, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Coldplay, El Canto del Loco, Black Eyed Peas.Also Mozart, Bach and many film scores, mostly by Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Christopher Young, Steve Jablonsky, Vangelis, Thomas Newman, James Horner.

Movies:

Well, if I could name 100 the list would still be too short...so here are the top ones, in no particular order: Fight Club, Closer, In the Bedroom, Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno), When Harry Met Sally, The Lord of the Rings, Some Like it Hot, The Descent, Desperado, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Singin' in the rain, Requiem for a Dream, Spinal Tap.And here are a few more that I feel I need to mention: The Ring, Frequency, Gattaca, Lilja-4-Ever, Panic Room, Seven, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, The Exorcist, Finding Neverland, Thesis, Once Upon a Time in the West, Two Brothers, Office Space, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Television:

There's really only ONE show worth being faithful to: 24. Others that have peaked my interest, and which, well, I've liked: Lost, Deadwood, Friends, Alias, Simpsons, Sex and the City, Walking with Dinosaurs, Secrets of WWII. Classics include: Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, A-Team!, Batman (60's series), Zorro (B&W), and all the Swedish classics such as Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga and Saltkråkan.

Books:

I just read a really good book called "The United States of Europe". Very entertaining and interesting. I can also recommend the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, the first book is called "His Majesty's Dragon". I've read more books, but I don't want to crowd the space.

Heroes:

Robert Rodriguez, Peter Jackson, Jim Caviezel, Ingmar Bergman, my family, and Jenny. They all influence me or inspire me in different ways.

My Blog

Hey. It's been a while. My head's been spinning with things to do and with things I haven't done, what not to do and to do at all costs and to avoid doing at little cost, savvy? I just figured I would...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:57:00 PST

obituary

Obituary: Common Sense Today we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one reall...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:59:00 PST

i'm bad

Erin (don't know if people want their surnames posted on myspcae so I'll leave it out) posted a bulletin with a survey entitled "How Bad Are You?" and apparently, she was pretty bad. But reading throu...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:17:00 PST

standing in line

I guess it's time... I just flew back to Sweden after having worked in London for about 2 months where I was film editor for a horror feature called "The Devil's Chair" and a short film, completely di...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:28:00 PST

i'm pregnant

Well, not really, but I couldn't really think of a fitting subject line, although I do think being pregnant would probably make me a better man. OR actually, woman. I should stop now. The difference b...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:23:00 PST

Snap back to reality

Well, it's been too long since I spent more than the minute it takes to add a new friend or read a message on myspace, especially considering that it's because of myspace I've gotten in touch with man...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Mon, 15 May 2006 01:25:00 PST

loveblog

So perhaps a little blog. It's a loveblog, that I'm sending out to the folks tha read it. It's a reminder to be "lovers" not "fighters", and to "give peace a chance".But enough of that and on to more ...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:55:00 PST

Resurrection

Well, here I am, finally succumbed to the force. O am now a prisoner of My Space. Well, it's better than being a prisoner of Someone Else's Space. Life is finally here, and my plan is to spend most of...
Posted by hasse.i.am on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:08:00 PST

It's a fine line, between clever and ... stupid