Einari Paakkanen

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-01-16 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Jämsä, Finland

Einari Paakkanen

Biography

Einari Paakkanen (born 1980) is a Finnish documentary director focusing on stories of human connection and communication with others. His films have been screened globally in festivals such as the Krakow Film Festival and Nordisk Panorama. His first feature documentary My father from Sirius premiered in the Warsaw Film Festival in 2016 and was broadcasted by Yle, SVT and Arte. Einari has an MA in documentary directing from ESCAC in Barcelona.

Known For

Director

2024
Forgetting Lenin

as Director

2022
Karaoke Paradise

as Director

2019
Cross-country

as Director

2016
Where Is Thon?

as Director

2016

Writer

2022
2016
Where Is Thon?

as Writer

2016
My Father from Sirius

as Screenplay

2016
2015
Promised Land

as Co-Writer

2013

Editor

2022
2016
Where Is Thon?

as Editor

2008
The Finest and the Greatest

as Assistant Editor

2008
Girls' Night

as Assistant Editor

2007
Black Ice

as Assistant Editor

Producer

2011
Dirty Bomb

as Location Manager

2010
Princess

as Location Manager

2010
Gimme Some Respect

as Location Manager

Visual Effects

2016
Where Is Thon?

as Animation

Art

2020
Games People Play

as Location Scout

Actor

2016