Ville Suhonen

Ville Suhonen

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

Films

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