Marko Antila is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 film producer and director.

Antila studied in Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

 at the Art and Film School, working first for TV, where he developed his own music format. First directing at Finnish music television MTV3

MTV3

MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...

 for 2 years. During that time he made around 40 music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. Marko Antila moved into commercial business in 1998 where he is well known for his great sense of humour and working with actors. Marko is a storyteller with good visual touch. Marko has won several national and international awards such as Cresta, Epica, Fab. In 2004, Marko directed the TV series "Pelastakaa sotamies Hytönen". This reality show followed TV personality Joonas Hytönen during his mandatory military service in the Finnish armed forces. Marko Antila has founded new company called Mjölk together with Yrjö Nieminen and Tero Kaukomaa. His new company makes TV commercials, TV shows and movies together with Blind Spot Pictures. Mjölk's latest film prouduction is "Posse" shortmovie. Director Aleksi Salmenperä

Aleksi Salmenperä

Aleksi Salmenperä is a Finnish film director. He is a graduate of the University of Art and Design Helsinki; among his films are 2004's Producing Adults, 2007's A Man's Work and 2010 Bad Family.-References:...

. Writer Kari Hotakainen

Kari Hotakainen

Kari Hotakainen is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, sound technician Tarja Laaksonen, whom he married in 1983...

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