PV Lehtinen (born 1969) is a

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film director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the

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as a director.His short film ''

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'' (''Hyppääjä'', 2000) won the Grand Prix and other main prizes at the

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2001. ''The Diver'' continued to win awards in other festivals with the last award won in 2006 at Milano International FICTS Fest. Lehtinen had a retrospective screening of his water-themed films in Germany at Ludwigsburg European Short Film Biennale in 2005 and Regensburg Short Film Week in 2007. In 2011, his short films had an open-air screening at the

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as part of the annual

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. In his many short films, water often plays an important role, however he has indicated that the subject of the film determines if water will play a role. Lehtinen has also directed music videos for the electronic music group

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and directed commercials.

Selected filmography

Short films

* ''

'' / ''Hyppääjä'' (2000) * ''Sirkka'' (2001) * ''The Crawl'' / ''Krooli'' (2004) * ''Keidas'' (2007) * ''My Superhero'' / ''Supermään'' (2010) * ''Soul Catcher'' / ''Sielunsieppaaja'' (2011) * ''Hietsu'' (2014) * ''Dance On Thin Ice'' / ''Tanssi heikolla jäällä'' (2017) * ''Allas'' (2022)

Music videos

– ''Airo'' (2003) * RinneRadio – ''Val'' (2004) * RinneRadio – ''Krump'' (2011)

References

External links

PV Lehtinen’s Website
* Finnish film directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1969 births {{Finland-film-director-stub