Samu Heikkilä

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

Education

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

Career

He has won film editing awards for films such as Restless and Frozen Land.[2] In his career he has won six awards and received nine 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
  • Tove (2020)
  • Games People Play (2020)
  • White Wall (2020) TV Series
  • Maria's Paradise (2019)
  • The Human Part (2018)
  • Void (2018)
  • The Violin Player (2018)
  • Miami (2017)
  • The Other Side of Hope (2017)
  • Little Wing (2016)
  • The Mine (2016)
  • Distractions (2015)
  • Other Girls (2015)
  • Dagmamman (2014)
  • 8-Ball (2013)
  • Alcan Highway (2013) Documentary
  • Leap (2012) Documentary
  • Five Star Existence (2012) Documentary
  • Forever Yours (2011) Documentary
  • Bad Family (2010)
  • A Man from the Congo River (2009) Documentary
  • Letters To Father Jacob (2009)
  • Punksters & Youngsters (2008) Documentary
  • Shadow of the Holy Book (2007) Documentary
  • A Man's Work (2007)
  • Revolution (2006) Documentary
  • Frozen City (2006)
  • Frozen Land (2005)
  • Flowers and Binding (2004)
  • Young Gods (2003)
  • Irtiottoja (2003) TV Series
  • Juulia's Truths (2002) (mini) TV Series
  • The Free Fall (10 episodes, 2002) TV Series
  • Lovers and Leavers (2002)
  • Restless (2000)

References
  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
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003646/awards?ref_=nm_awd
  4. http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tiedotteet/2005/10/elokuvataiteen_valtionpalkinto_jaettiin?lang=fi
  5. https://www.nordiskfilm.com/nordisk-film-prisen-norway-and-finland


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