Perttu Leppä (born 8 February 1964 in
Joensuu,
Finland) is a
Finnish 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, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
.
Career
Making film since 1992 he has written and directed films such as ''
Helmiä ja sikoja
''Helmiä ja sikoja'' ( en, Pearls and Pigs) is a 2003 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Perttu Leppä, and starring Mikko Leppilampi and Laura Birn.
Plot
When the Hirvonen brother's (Läde, Timo, Ruho and Poju) bootlegging father ends ...
'' in
2003
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working with actors such as
Mikko Leppilampi and
Laura Birn.
Filmography
Feature films
* ''
A Long Hot Summer'' (''Pitkä kuuma kesä'', 1999)
* ''
Pearls and Pigs
''Helmiä ja sikoja'' ( en, Pearls and Pigs) is a 2003 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Perttu Leppä, and starring Mikko Leppilampi and Laura Birn.
Plot
When the Hirvonen brother's (Läde, Timo, Ruho and Poju) bootlegging father ends ...
'' (''Helmiä ja sikoja'', 2003)
* ''
8 Days to Premiere'' (''8 päivää ensi-iltaan'', 2008)
Short films
* ''For Ever and Ever'' (''Aina ja aina'', 1986)
* ''The Ostrich'' (''Strutsi'', 1987)
* ''One-One'' (''Yksi-yksi'', 1989)
* ''Karavaani'' (1994)
* ''Tyttöjä ja jäätelöä'' (1995)
* ''Angora'' (1996)
External links
*
1964 births
Living people
People from Joensuu
Finnish film directors
Finnish screenwriters
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