Erkki Pohjanheimo (born 28 January 1942) is a Finnish television producer and director.

Television career

Pohjanheimo joined

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in 1961 as a television cameraman and worked as a cameraman for five years. In 1966 Pohjanheimo was appointed director of entertainment at TV1 and later became a journalist, screenwriter and editor manager of entertainment. During the 1970s Pohjanheimo produced and directed various music programmes and collaborated with other musicians including

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and

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. In 1982 he produced and directed a TV concert of Canto General in two parts with

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. In 1991 Pohjanheimo did a concert with

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for YLE TV1 in

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. In 1994 Erkki Pohjanheimo's documentary of Kings Singers was shot for television in

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and in

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as well as in

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, Finland. Pohjanheimo produced and directed also a concert of

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in Turku in 1992. Erkki Pohjanheimo also produced and directed pop and rock music series for YLE TV1 as ''Valmiina ...Pyörii!'' 1967 and ''Pop Story'' 1971-1972. Over the years Pohjanheimo has been associated with the

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and the

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he also provided the Finnish television commentary for the

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on ten occasions between

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and

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he also hosted the Finnish heat for the 1981 Contest. Since 1997 Erkki Pohjanheimo has set up his own television company Sunny Notes Oy. Pohjanheimo closed his company when he retired in 2013.

Musical career

Erkki Pohjanheimo has worked also as a singer and sung some records between 1962 and 1967. His most popular songs include: * Kutsukaa tri Casey ( Callin' Doctor Casey), 1963 *

Limbo Rock "Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jan Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby ...

, 1963 * Jos lähdet (Non ha piu luce il mondo), 1964 * Lapin taikarummut (Magic Drums Of Lapland), 1965 * Niin paljon kuuluu rakkauteen ( Love Is A Many Splendored Thing), 1965 * Yö katseessasi (

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), 1964 * Kaunein aamuisin (

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), 1967 * Kun taas tavattiin (

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), 1967 He sang in the dance band of Jorma Weneskoski and later he had his own dance orchestra.

Family

Erkki Pohjanheimo has two daughters, Singer and Vocal Pedagogue Pauliina Pohjanheimo (artist name Pauliina May) and Actress-Singer Petriikka Pohjanheimo.

References

External links

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Yleisradio bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pohjanheimo, Erkki 1942 births People from Multia Finnish television producers Finnish television directors Living people Finnish television journalists