Samu Heikkilä

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Samu Heikkilä (born 31 July 1971 in Karstula) is a Finnish film editor.[1]

Education

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He graduated from University of Art and Design Helsinki with Master of Arts in Cinema in 1999.

Career

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He has won film editing awards for films such as Frozen Land and Girl Picture.[2] In his career he has won seven awards and received ten nominations.[3] In 2005 he was granted the State Prize for Cinema along with director Aku Louhimies and cinematographer Rauno Ronkainen.[4] In 2019 he received the Nordisk Film Prize in Finland along with director Aleksi Salmenperä.[5]

Filmography

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  • Restless (2000)
  • Lovers and Leavers (2002)
  • The Free Fall (2002, TV series, 10 episodes)
  • Juulia's Truths (2002, TV miniseries)
  • Irtiottoja (2003, TV series)
  • Young Gods (2003)
  • Flowers and Binding (2004)
  • Frozen Land (2005)
  • Frozen City (2006)
  • Revolution (2006, documentary)
  • A Man's Work (2007)
  • Shadow of the Holy Book (2007, documentary)
  • Punksters & Youngsters (2008, documentary)
  • Letters To Father Jacob (2009)
  • A Man from the Congo River (2009, documentary)
  • Bad Family (2010)
  • Forever Yours (2011, documentary)
  • Five Star Existence (2012, documentary)
  • Leap (2012, documentary)
  • Alcan Highway (2013, documentary)
  • 8-Ball (2013)
  • Dagmamman (2014)
  • Other Girls (2015)
  • Distractions (2015)
  • The Mine (2016)
  • Little Wing (2016)
  • The Other Side of Hope (2017)
  • Miami (2017)
  • The Violin Player (2018)
  • Void (2018)
  • The Human Part (2018)
  • Maria's Paradise (2019)
  • White Wall (2020, TV series)
  • Games People Play (2020)
  • Tove (2020)
  • Bubble (2022)
  • Girl Picture (2022)
  • Fallen Leaves (2022)

References

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  1. ^ Kääpä, Pietari (2012). Directory of World Cinema: Finland. Intellect Books. p. 161. ISBN 9781841506173. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003646/awards?ref_=nm_awd [user-generated source]
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003646/awards?ref_=nm_awd [user-generated source]
  4. ^ "OKM - Elokuvataiteen valtionpalkinto jaettiin". www.minedu.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  5. ^ "Nordisk Film Prisen Norway and Finland".
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