Born in Finland in 1980. He graduated with an 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-wrote the script of Juho Kuosmanen’s debut "The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki" (2016, 40th Mostra), which won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes. "The Woodcutter Story" is his first feature film.