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Taru Mäkelä
Taru Mäkelä (born 1 April 1959) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. She started her career in the 1980s working for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Life and career Besides directing and screenwriting, Mäkelä has also worked as a producer, editor and actor. Mäkelä studied at the Department of Cinematography at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and graduated with a master's degree in art in 1989. She is also a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Helsinki. Mäkelä began her career as a director in the 1980s at YLE, where she wrote and directed the Smiley Lips entertainment series. She has directed three feature films: ''Little Sister'' (1999), '' The Storage'' (2011) and '' August Fools'' (2013). In December 2014, Mäkelä's comedy ''Eila, Rampe and Likka'', based on the characters in Sinikka Nopola's books, premiered. In 2005–2010, Mäkelä was a member of the Board of the Finnish Film Foundation. She was the chairman of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalto University School Of Arts, Design And Architecture
Aalto is a Finnish surname meaning "wave". Notable people with the surname include: * Aino Aalto (1894–1949), Finnish architect and designer * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), Finnish architect and designer * Antti Aalto (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey player * Artturi Aalto (1876–1937), Finnish politician * Arvo Aalto (born 1932), Finnish politician * Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (born 1970), Finnish runner * Einari Aalto (1926–1985), Finnish swimmer * Elissa Aalto (1922–1994), Finnish architect * Henri Aalto (born 1989), Finnish football player * Iiro Aalto (born 1977), Finnish footballer * Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934), Finnish painter * Jorma Aalto (born 1957), Finnish skier * Jussi Aalto (born 1983), Finnish footballer * Jyri Aalto (born 1969), Finnish badminton player * Kalle Aalto (1884–1950), Finnish politician * Kathryn Aalto, American landscape designer * Marja-Sisko Aalto (born 1954) Finnish minister of the Evangelica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storage
''The Storage'' ( fi, Varasto) is a 2011 Finnish comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. Cast * Kari-Pekka Toivonen as Antero Rousku * Minttu Mustakallio as Karita * Aku Hirviniemi as Raninen * Esko Salminen as Kataja * Juha Muje as Store manager * Tomi Lauri as Rofa * Vesa Vierikko as Jylhäkorpi * Hannele Lauri as Aino * Vesa-Matti Loiri as Mynttinen * Jope Ruonansuu Jorma Olavi "Jope" Ruonansuu (15 April 1964 – 18 July 2020) was a Finnish actor, impressionist, musician and comedian. He was born in Kemi. He won the Best performer Venla award in 2010. Ruonansuu was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2018. ... as Ykä References External links * 2011 films 2011 comedy films Finnish comedy films 2010s Finnish-language films Films directed by Taru Mäkelä Films based on Finnish novels {{2010s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Fools
''August Fools'' ( fi, Mieletön elokuu) is a 2013 comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. It is a Finnish-Czech co-production set in Helsinki, Finland in the early 1960s. Main cast *Kati Outinen *Esko Salminen * Elena Leeve *Laura Birn *Tapio Liinoja *Vesa Vierikko *Pirkka-Pekka Petelius *Miroslav Etzler *Aku Hirviniemi Aku-Heikki Ilmari Hirviniemi (born 5 December 1983, in Riihimäki) is a Finnish actor. Theatre and television Hirviniemi has worked for several theatres around Finland, including Helsinki, Riihimäki, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Hämeenlinna, whi ... References External links * 2013 films Films directed by Taru Mäkelä Czech romantic comedy films Finnish romantic comedy films 2013 romantic comedy films 2013 multilingual films Czech multilingual films Finnish multilingual films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation ( fi, Suomen elokuvasäätiö, sv, Finlands filmstiftelse) is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education and Culture. The foundation is supported by grants from the Finnish national lottery. The Finnish Film Foundation’s headquarters with its cinema are located in Katajanokka, Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ... in a 19th-century harbour terminal. The foundation is responsible for the export and international promotion of Finnish films. It also grants film production support for individual films, with an aim of supporting "high quality" productions. The Managing D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauno Mäkelä '' (1956).
Mauno Ilmari Mäkelä (7 March 1916 – 17 October 1987) was a Finnish film producer. He also appeared as an actor in films ''Iskelmäketju'' (1959) and ''Luottamus'' (1976). Mäkelä received a Jussi Award for producing the film ''Elokuu Elokuu ("August" in Finnish) is a Finnish hip hop band founded in 2011 by reggae artist Nopsajalka, Kenyan-Finnish rapper Juno, and producer Jonas W. Karlsson as a mix of Finnish swing and jazz. Their first official single "Soutaa huopaa" Selected filmography as producer *''Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri'' (1950) *'' Noita palaa elämään'' (1952) *''Lumikki ja 7 jätkää'' (1953) *''Ryysyrannan Jooseppi'' (1955) *''Poika eli kesäänsä'' (1955) *''Kuriton sukupolvi'' (1957) *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
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People From Tampere
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Finnish Film Directors
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ..., the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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