Born in Finland in 1980. He graduated as a MA in Screenwriting and Fiction Directing from ELO Helsinki Film School. He made short films like The Tiger (2018) and Love in Vain (2009), presented at film festivals like Cannes and Locarno, and co-write the script of Juho Kuosmanen’s debut The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016, 40th Mostra), which won the Prix un Certain Regard in Cannes. The Woodcutter Story is his first feature film.