Mikko Mäkelä (born January 1989) is a British-based Finnish filmmaker. He is known for directing the feature films '' A Moment in the Reeds'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2024). He was listed by '' IndieWire'' as one of 25

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filmmakers on the rise.

Early life

Mäkelä grew up in a small town in eastern Finland. He was 18 when he moved to England, where studied at English literature and French at the

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and

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(UCL), and Drama at the

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. He began his filmmaking career as an

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Filmography

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