Susanna Salonen
Born
Lahti, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, cinematographer
Notable workPatong Girl
Websitesalonen.de

Susanna Salonen is a Finnish-German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Born in 1966 in Finland, Salonen grew up in Lübeck and trained as a camerawoman in Berlin. She has shot several award-winning documentaries, and written and directed fiction films. Her fiction debut Patong Girl[1] won the prestigious German Grimme award in 2016.[2] Salonen is a member of the German film academy.

In 2020, she filmed in the central Arctic during the MOSAiC Expedition on German research-icebreaker Polarstern for the international documentary Arctic Drift on climate change research in the Arctic.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "P A T O N G    G I R L  ✭  F I L M". www.patong-girl.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. ↑ "Preisträger - Grimme-Preis". www.grimme-preis.de. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Arctic Drift". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. ↑ Hopewell, John (2021-10-08). "Fremantle Sells Banner Factual Original 'Arctic Drift: A Year In the Ice' to 170 Territories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.



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