Einari Paakkanen

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-01-16 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Jämsä, Finland

Einari Paakkanen

Biography

Einari Paakkanen (born 1980) is a Finnish documentary director focusing on stories of human connection and communication with others. His films have been screened globally in festivals such as the Krakow Film Festival and Nordisk Panorama. His first feature documentary My father from Sirius premiered in the Warsaw Film Festival in 2016 and was broadcasted by Yle, SVT and Arte. Einari has an MA in documentary directing from ESCAC in Barcelona.

Acting

2016

Production

2022

Karaoke Paradise

as Director

2022

2022

2019

Cross-country

as Director

2016

Where Is Thon?

as Director

2016

2016

Where Is Thon?

as Animation

2016

2015

Promised Land

as Co-Writer

2008

The Finest and the Greatest

as Assistant Editor

2008

Girls' Night

as Assistant Editor

2007

Black Ice

as Assistant Editor

2013

2016

2016

2024

Forgetting Lenin

as Director

2010

Princess

as Location Manager

2010

Gimme Some Respect

as Location Manager

2011

Dirty Bomb

as Location Manager

2020

Games People Play

as Location Scout

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