CV

EDUCATION
Master of Arts in animation, University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki 2001
Bachelor of Arts in film,  Lahti Institute of Design 1994

AWARDS
Prix de Jury, Selection Officiel du Court Metrage, Cannes 2001
Special Award of the Jury, Archipelago Film Festival, Rome 2001
National Council for Audiovisual Art Quality Award, Helsinki 2001
Best Animation, Imago 2001 Film Festival, Covilha 2001
Best Short Film, Honourable Mention, Festival de Cine, Ourense 2001
Second Prize in First Professional Film, SAFO Animation Festival, Ottawa 2001
Special Jury Prize, Nordisk Panorama, Århus 2001
Special Award of the Jury, Tampere Film Festival, Tampere 2005
National Council for Audiovisual Art Quality Award, Helsinki 2005
Golden Lion, CineKid Film Festival, Amsterdam 2008
Audience Award,  CineKid Film Festival, Amsterdam 2008
Honourable Mention, International Children Film Festival of Oulu, 2008
​Kaleva Award, Best Director, International Children Film Festival of Oulu, 2008
Best Animated Feature, China Children Film Festival, Jiangyin, 2011
Children Audience Award, China Children Film Festival, Jiangyin, 2011
Kettu Award for best Finnish short film, Helsinki 2011
National Council for Audiovisual Art Quality Award, Helsinki 2011
Premium Giannattasio Milena, Giffoni Children Film Festival, Giffoni 2013
Golden Bear, category of Best Overseas TV Series, Sichuan TV Film Festival, Chendu, 2015

NOMINATIONS
Nominee for British Animation Award 2002, International Competition, London 2002
Nominee for Best International Short, Festival of Directors Guild of France, Paris 2005
Nominee for Best Director, Jussi Award 2009
Nominee for Best Animated Feature, European Film Academy, Essen 2009

FILM FESTIVALS
Over 140 international film festivals: Cannes, Sundance, Edinburgh,
Hong Kong, Oberhausen, Huesca, Pusan, Shanghai, Tampere, Melbourne ...

- member of European Film Academy