Dome Karukoski
Dome Karukoski (born December 29, 1976 in Nicosia , Cyprus ) is an award-winning Finnish film director , screenwriter , actor and film producer of Cypriot origin who became internationally known for films such as Heroes of the Arctic Circle and cinematic artist biographies such as Tom of Finland and Tolkien .
Life
Dome Karukoski, born in Cyprus in 1976, is the son of a Finnish mother, Ritva Karukoski, who works as a journalist, and of the American actor George Dickerson . When Dome Karukoski was five years old, the family moved from Cyprus to Finland. Karukoski grew up multilingual. In 1999 he was selected as one of three students at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki to specialize in directing.
Since 2003, Dome Karukoski has worked in the film business in various functions, including film director, screenwriter or producer: occasionally he also works as an actor. At the beginning of his career he made short films such as Verenperintö and Käytösrangaistus , and since 2005 he has also worked for the big screen. After his cinema debut The Girl and the Rapper , he shot another drama with The Home of Dark Butterflies . In 2010 Karukoski then directed the romantic comedy Heroes of the Arctic Circle . Another comedic drama appeared in 2014, Coffee with Milk and Stress . In 2017 he won the FIPRESCI Prize for his film Tom of Finland at the Gothenburg International Film Festival .
On May 3, 2019, his drama Tolkien with Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins premiered in cinemas in Finland.
Filmography
As a director
- 2003: Verenperintö (short film)
- 2003: Käytösrangaistus (short film)
- 2005: The girl and the rapper (Tyttö sinä olet tahti)
- 2008: The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien perhosten koti)
- 2008: Protectors (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2008: Veljet (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 2009: Forbidden Fruit
- 2010: Heroes of the Arctic Circle (Napapiirin sankarit)
- 2011: Burungo (short film)
- 2012: Valtatie 13 (TV movie)
- 2013: Heart of a Lion
- 2013: Yhteispeli (short film)
- 2014: Lohtu (video short film)
- 2014: Coffee with milk and stress (Mielensäpahoittaja)
- 2015: Lähde omiesi matkaan (video short film)
- 2017: Tom of Finland
- 2019: Tolkien
As a screenwriter
- 2008: The Home of Dark Butterflies (co-author) (Tummien perhosten koti)
- 2011: Burungo (short film)
- 2012: Valtatie 13 (TV movie)
- 2014: Lohtu (video short film)
- 2014: Coffee with milk and stress (Mielensäpahoittaja)
- 2017: Tom of Finland
As a film producer
- 2014: I Placebo (documentary)
- 2014: Headfirst
- 2015: Lapland Odyssey 2
- 2016: The Mine
- 2016: Gold Digger
- 2017: Tom of Finland
- 2017: Miami
- 2017: Lapland Odyssey 3
- 2017: Wonderland
- 2018: Veljeni vartija
- 2019: Activist: (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)
As an actor
- 2005: The girl and the rapper (Tyttö sinä olet tahti)
- 2006: Rikospoliisi ei laula (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008: The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien perhosten koti)
- 2008: Protectors (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2008: Veljet (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 2008: Veljet (TV Mini-Series)
- 2009: Uutishuone (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2011: Burungo (short film)
- 2013: Above Dark Waters
- 2016: Gold Digger
- 2017: The Other Side of Hope
Awards (selection)
- 2017: Göteborg International Film Festival : FIPRESCI Prize for Tom of Finland
literature
- Dome Karukoski. In: Film-Dienst, Volume 61, Issues 1–7. Catholic Institute for Media Information, 2008, p. 4
Web links
- Dome Karukoski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dome Karukoski. In: Horst Peter Koll: Lexicon of International Films - Film Year 2012. Schüren Verlag, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karukoski, Dome |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicosia , Cyprus |