Aku Louhimies
Selected credits
- Conflict Backmann & Hoderoff
- The InheritancePeer Pressure Productions, Channel 5
- RebellionElement Pictures, Touchpaper Television
- Unknown Soldier Elokuvaosakeyhtiö Suomi 2017
- 8 Ball Blind Spot Pictures Oy, Mjölk
- Naked Harbour First Floor Productions, Edith Film Oy
- Tears Of April Helsinki Filmi Oy, Mogador Film, Two Thirty Five
About
Aku Louhimies is an award-winning director and screenwriter. Over the last decade his highly acclaimed, commercially successful films have established him as one of the most preeminent directors of Scandinavian cinema today.
Aku’s feature film Unknown Soldier is the biggest grossing Finnish film of all time and won 5 (nominated for 10) Jussi Awards (Finnish Film Awards) in 2018, including the People’s Choice Award.
In 2004, Aku was elected Director of the Year by the Association of Finnish Film Directors and previously served as the head of the Finnish Directors Guild.
Aku partnered with Andrei Alén for his latest project, the political and military thriller Conflict, a television mini-series produced by Backmann & Hoderoff and distributed by Keshet International.
He is fluent in English, Finnish, Swedish, and Spanish.
Featured work
The Inheritance
Channel 5
Production Company
Peer Pressure Productions, Lonesome Pine Productions
Producers
Richard Cook
Cast
Samantha Bond, Jemima Rooper, Robert James-Collier
Unknown Soldier
Jussi Award: People's Choice Award
Production Company
Elokuvaosakeyhtiö Suomi 2017
Producers
Miia Haavisto, Tommi Kangasmaa, Aku Louhimies, Mikko Tenhunen
Cast
Mikko Nousiainen, Samuel Vauramo, Johannes Holopainen
Rebellion
Nominated Irish Film and Television Award: Best Drama
Production Company
Element Pictures, Touchpaper Television
Producer
Catherine Magee
Cast
Perdita Weeks, Barry Keoghan, Charlie Murphy
Naked Harbour
Production Company
First Floor Productions, Edith Film Oy
Producers
Pauli Pentti, Liisa Penttilä
Cast
Jasper Pääkkönen, Sean Pertwee, Laura Birn