VILLE SUHONEN
(born in Helsinki 1964)
director / screenwriter / author
He has worked as a film and culture critic as well as freelance film director since 1986. Has directed over 20 films: documentaries, nature films, art films, dance- and music videos, children's films. His films have been sold to over 60 countries and visited to over 100 festivals. He has also wrote three novels.
AWARDS:
- Prix de la Connaissance et de la Protection de la Faune Europeénne, Fest.Int.du Film Animalier, Albert 2005: "Song of the Whooper Swan"
- Children's Culture State Award 1999: "Tommy and the Wildcat"
- Best Children's Film, Wildlife Europe Festival 1999: "Tommy and the Wildcat"
- The State Quality Award 1999: "Tommy and the Wildcat"
- Jussi Award Nomination Best Script 1998: "Tommy and the Wildcat"
- Golden Gate Award San Francisco International Film Festival 1997: "Moments in Time"
- The Ministry of Culture Award Ekotop Film Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia 1996: "Moments in Time".
- The State Quality Award 1996: "Moments in Time"
- Bronze Medal Documentary Category in Media & Message Festival, Finland 1996: "Moments in Time"
- Main Prize National Competition in Tampere Film Festival 1996: "Moments in Time"
- Bronze Medal National Music Video Competition 1993: "The Mingy Maid".
- Special Mention International Video Dance Festival ini Cannes 1992: "Black + White"
- The Finnish Short Film Honorary Award 1990: "Colony of Survivors".
FILMOGRAPHY:
- Four Journeys on the River (2007; co-dir, sc.) documentary 75'
- Song of the Whooper Swan (2004; co-dir, sc.) documentary 50'
- A Journey with the cranes (2002; co-dir, co-sc.) documentary 55'
- Paradise in the City (2000;co-dir, co-sc.) documentary 55'
- Tommy and the Wildcat (1998;co-dir, co-sc.)family adventure 90'
- A Spider Swindle (1997) children's film 30'
- The Holy Swan (1996; script) nature documentary 25'
- Moments in Time (1996) art documentary 34'
- From Speech to Song (1995) music documentary 60'
- Arctica - the Mythical Migration (1995) nature documentary 24'
- Io (1994) music video 5'
- Marea (1993) music video 5'
- Pihi neito - The Mingy Maid (1993) music video and -film 5'
- Wild-Grown City (1993) environmental documentary 58'
- Dolla (1992) music video 5'
- Black & White (1992) dance video 12'
- Student Life (1990) documentary 20'
- Colony of Survivors (1990) environmental documentary 27'
- Silent City (1989) dance video 15'
- Helsinki. Architecture (1989) documentary 20'
- Thinker (1989) dance video 6'
- The Kumenius Case (1989) documentary 52'
- The Last Waterfront (1988) documentary 16'
- Flame of Functionalism (1988; ass.dir.) documentary 40'
- Time of the City (1987) documentary 20'
- Dream Mode (1986) short fiction 16'
- Paris, Breakfast (1985) short fiction 20'
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- "Tuulensieppaaja" (Wind Catcher, 2005) Novel
- "Tommy and the Wildcat - Return to the Wild" (2003) Sequel of the story
- "Tommy and the Wildcat" (1999) Novelization of the film
- "Tommy and the Wildcat - An Adventure in the Wilderness" (1999) Illustrated book for younger audience