J-P Valkeapää

J-P Valkeapää

Nacimiento : 1977-01-01, Porvoo, Finland

Historia

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää is a Finnish director and screenwriter. His first film The Visitor (2009), that was also his final assigment in Aalto University School of Arts, was screened at Venice Film Festival in 2008. His second film They Have Escaped (2014) was screened at Venice and Toronto, and also won 4 Jussi-awards (Finland's premier film industry award), including Award for Best Directing. He has been selected for Director of the Year award in 2009 and 2015 by the Finnish Film Directors' Guild.

Perfil

J-P Valkeapää
J-P Valkeapää

Películas

Hit Big
Hit Big
Story
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
Hit Big
Hit Big
Idea
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
Hit Big
Hit Big
Writer
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
Hit Big
Hit Big
Director
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
Los perros no llevan pantalones
Los perros no llevan pantalones
Screenplay
Juha ha perdido a su esposa en un accidente. Años después, todavía se siente entumecido e incapaz de conectarse con las personas. Conocer a Mona, una dominatriz que lo cambia todo.
Los perros no llevan pantalones
Los perros no llevan pantalones
Director
Juha ha perdido a su esposa en un accidente. Años después, todavía se siente entumecido e incapaz de conectarse con las personas. Conocer a Mona, una dominatriz que lo cambia todo.
They Have Escaped
They Have Escaped
Writer
Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.
They Have Escaped
They Have Escaped
Director
Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.
The Visitor
The Visitor
Writer
Un muchacho y su madre viven solos en una granja situada en la profundidad del bosque finlandés, teniendo como único compañero a un caballo indómito, que tienen encerrado en el granero. El joven visita con regularidad a su padre, un hombre extremadamente violento, en la cárcel. Su rutina monótona se ve interrumpida por la aparición de un extraño. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Visitor
The Visitor
Director
Un muchacho y su madre viven solos en una granja situada en la profundidad del bosque finlandés, teniendo como único compañero a un caballo indómito, que tienen encerrado en el granero. El joven visita con regularidad a su padre, un hombre extremadamente violento, en la cárcel. Su rutina monótona se ve interrumpida por la aparición de un extraño. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Fall
The Fall
Screenplay
A short film of the last day of summer that never ends.
The Fall
The Fall
Director
A short film of the last day of summer that never ends.