Filmography
TV series All the Sins – Script (6 x 45 ́) together with director Mika Ronkainen. MRP Productions.
TV series All the Sins Season 2 – Script (6 x 45 ́) together with director Mika Ronkainen.
TV series All the Sins Season 2 – Script (6 x 45 ́) together with director Mika Ronkainen. MRP Productions. (In development, scheduled to premiere in 2022)
Awards and Nominations
Award for outstanding writing of a Nordic Drama series, Göteborg Film Festival 2019
Golden Venla Finalist in the category of Best Script, 2020.
Golden Venla Finalist in the category of Best Script, 2019.
Nomination for the Best International TV series, Zürich Film Festival 2019.
Festivals
Cottbus Film Festival 2020
Göteborg Film Festival 2019
Zürich Film Festival 2019
PÖFF Tallinn Tv Beats Forum 2019
Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2019
Helsinki Script 2019
Journalism and Communication
Communications Officer, Metsähallitus Outdoors 2014–2017
Freelance Journalist 1994–2016. Clients included Helsingin Sanomat, Sanoma Media, Kaleva Kustannus.
Managing Editor and Subeditor, Sanoma Magazines Finland 2007–2012
Journalist and Producer, Kaleva 2000–2007
Producer – Communications Officer, JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre 1998–1999
Editor-in-Chief, Oulun ylioppilaslehti 1996
Journalist and Deputy Chief Editor, Kolmiokirja Ltd 1995–1996
Dramatist and Writing Adviser
Dramatist, East Film 2020
Fiction Writing Adviser, workshops for professionals and amateurs 2015–2016
Instructor, Oulu University of Applied Sciences 2006–2007
Education
Supervisor training Start1, Sanoma Akatemia 2008.
International cultural projects training programme (21 ECTS), University of Oulu 1998
Master of Arts, University of Oulu 1998.
Matriculation exam, Haapavesi Upper Secondary School 1989.
Writing Master Class by John Truby, Berlin, 2018
Story Is Character, Kate Leys. London Film School, 2015
Sources 2 Script Development Workshop, Berlin, 2014
Creative Writing Course Päätalo Institute, 2012–2013
Scholarships
2023 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Central Fund
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund
2021 Finnish Film Foundation
2021 Foundation for the Advancement of Journalism Culture Jokes
2021 Oulun valistustalo Fund
2020 Finnish Film Foundation
2019 Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund
2019 Oulun valistustalo Fund
2019 Finnish Film Foundation
2018 Kopiosto
2017 Finnish Film Foundation
2017 Foundation for the Advancement of Journalism Culture Jokes