Juha Jokela

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Juha Jokela, 2012

Juha Petteri Jokela (born January 7, 1970 in Tampere ) is a Finnish playwright and screenwriter. He became known nationally primarily for his play Mobile Horror and Finnish TV series.

Life

Jokela took his university entrance exam in 1989 in Tampere and then studied communication and theater studies at the University of Helsinki from 1990 to 1994 . After 1994 he continued his studies at the Helsinki Theater Academy .

From 1998, the playwright earned his living primarily as a screenwriter for Finnish television series. Occasionally he also took on directing or acting roles. From the 2000s onwards, he also wrote plays for the theater that were performed in large theaters in Helsinki or the neighboring city of Espoo . At the Heidelberg Stückemarkt in 2014, the author won the audience award with his play The Patriarch .

Jokela is married to the actress Mari Lehtonen. He lives in the Finnish capital region.

Works

Plays

  • Mobile Horror (2003), premiered at the Teatteri Jurkka
  • Fundamentalisti (2006), premiered at the Teatteri Jurkka, German première in 2010 at the Aachen Theater
  • Esitystalous (2010), premiered at the Espoo-Tapiola Municipal Theater (Espoon kaupunginteatteri)
  • Patriarkka (2012), premiered at the Finnish National Theater
  • Esitystalous 2 (2013), premiered at the Espoo Municipal Theater (Espoon kaupunginteatteri)

Scripts

  • Nahkiaiset, TV movie (1998)
  • Ugrilampaat, TV series, (1999)
  • Pulkkinen, TV series, 17 episodes (1999-2002)
  • Remontti, TV series, (2003)
  • Me Stallarit, TV Series, (2004)
  • Company, TV series, 11 episodes (2005) - writer and director
  • Röyhkeä diplomaatti, TV series, 2 episodes (2007)
  • Virta, TV series, 7 episodes (2010)
  • Kallio, TV series, 13 episodes (2010)
  • Kimmo, TV series, 3 episodes (2012)

Awards (selection)

  • 2013: Finnish National Prize (Suomi-palkinto) as playwright of the year
  • 2014: Audience award at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt for The Patriarch (Patriarkka)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Ulf Schmidt receives authors' award from the Heidelberger Stückemarkt , Der Standard from May 5, 2014, accessed July 7, 2014
  2. ↑ Minedu ( Memento of the original of July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Finnish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.minedu.fi
  3. ↑ Juha Jokela's fundamentalist in the Aachen theater
personal data
SURNAME Jokela, Juha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jokela, Juha Petteri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland