Juho Kuosmanen

Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter.[1] He graduated from Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2014.[2] Kuosmanen's graduation film called The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Finnish film Academy Awards.[3] (set design, screenplay, best actress, best director, best film). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010.[4]

Juho Kuosmanen
Born1979 (age 41–42)
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, actor

Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola[5] and New Karleby [6]

Kuosmanen has also directed opera[7] with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

His film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize.[8][9] The project had been developed through the TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch programme in 2014.

References
  1. Torino Film Lab
  2. Aalto University
  3. IMDB: The Painting Sellers
  4. Cannes Film Festival: The Painting Sellers
  5. "Tampere Theatre: Kokkola". Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  6. Teatteri & Tanssi: New Karleby
  7. Kokkola Opera homepage Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  9. "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2016.


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