Markku Pölönen

Markku Tapani Pölönen (born 16 September 1957 in Eno)[1] is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, editor and owner of film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. Pölönen's best known work is the 2004 film Dog Nail Clipper — directed and written by Pölönen — which was honoured with five awards at the 2005 Jussi Awards (Finland's premier film awards) including Best Direction and Best Script[2] and which film critic Jay Weissberg from Variety called Pölönen's "most mature work to date".[3] Pölönen has been awarded numerous additional Jussi awards, including best picture and best screenplay for Onnen Maa (1994); best picture and best director for Kivenpyörittäjän kylä (1995); and best picture, best director, and best screenplay for A Summer by the River (1999), plus many more Jussi awards for actors in Pölönen's films. Pölönen has further been nominated for at least two other Jussis that he did not win.

Markku Pölönen
Markku Pölönen in July 2012.
Born	16 September 1957 Eno, Finland
Nationality	Finland
Occupation	director, screenwriter, editor, film production company owner

Personal life

In Mervi Juusola's book "Levottomat aivot" (Restless Brains), Pölönen told that he has mild Asperger syndrome.[4]

Select filmography

Year	Film	Credit
1993	Onnen Maa (Land of Happiness)	Director, writer
1995	Kivenpyörittäjän kylä	Director, writer
1998	A Summer by the River	Director, writer
2000	Badding	Director, writer
2001	On the Road to Emmaus	Director, writer
2004	Dog Nail Clipper	Director, screenwriter
2007	The Matriarch	Director, writer, editor
2009	Rally On!	Director, writer, editor

References

1. http://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/107013
2. Dog Nail Clipper (Koirankynnen leikkaaja) Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, Finnish Film Foundation. Accessed July 21, 2009.
3. Weissberg, Jay. Dog Nail Clipper, Variety, February 15, 2005. Accessed July 21, 2009.
4. https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000551475.html

External links

• Markku Pölönen at IMDb