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Virpi Suutari

ヴィルピ・スータリ　/　ゔぃるぴ・すーたり

Film director from Finland

April 21, 1967 (age 59)　・　Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland

Lapland
film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

A filmmaker born in Rovaniemi, deep in Finnish Lapland, Suutari has built an enviable record in documentary, collecting multiple Jussi Awards and a Finnish National Prize. I am instinctively drawn to directors who choose reality over invention; it is harder, lonelier work, and it asks the artist to truly look rather than imagine. There is something fitting about a storyteller shaped by the long northern light turning her gaze on people and how they live. Her honours suggest a patient, unshowy authority that the festival circuit has steadily recognised. I would happily seek out her films, and I suspect they reward attention.

Overview

Virpi Suutari is a film director from Finland.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Virpi Suutari
Name (Japanese): ヴィルピ・スータリ
Reading: ゔぃるぴ・すーたり
Born: April 21, 1967 (age 59)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Goat
Origin: Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2002 Jussi Award for Best Documentary
1996 Kritiikin Kannukset
2015 Jussi Award for Best Documentary
2019 Jussi Award for Best Documentary
2015 Anjalankoski Film Award
2000 Finnish National Prize

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA

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