Aleksi Mäkelä
Aleksi Mäkelä • Illustration — Mäkelä in 2006 Tane Aleksanteri ”Aleksi” Mäkelä (born 20 November 1969) is a Finnish film director and occasional actor. He is best known for having directed several popular films such as Häjyt (1999), Matti (2006) and Vares – yksityisetsivä (2004). During his career, he has also worked for television.
Also recorded as Tane Aleksanteri Mäkelä · Tane Mäkelä · Aleksanteri Mäkelä · Alex Mäkelä
Aleksi Mäkelä
- Full name
- Tane Aleksanteri Mäkelä.
- Born
- 1969. · Helsinki.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- actor, film producer, screenwriter and director.
- Honours
- Jussi Award for Best Direction and Finnish State Prize for Cinema.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Aleksi Mäkelä • Illustration — Mäkelä in 2006 Tane Aleksanteri ”Aleksi” Mäkelä (born 20 November 1969) is a Finnish film director and occasional actor. He is best known for having directed several popular films such as Häjyt (1999), Matti (2006) and Vares – yksityisetsivä (2004). During his career, he has also worked for television.
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Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) is a Finnish actor, director and film director, among other activities. The actor was born Tane Aleksanteri Mäkelä in Helsinki.
Languages used include Finnish. Aleksi Mäkelä received Finnish State Prize for Cinema and Jussi Award for Best Direction.
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Aleksi Mäkelä's father was an actor Vesa Mäkelä (1947–2003).
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• 'Syke (2015, 2017)
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Aleksi Mäkelä was recorded at birth as Tane Aleksanteri Mäkelä. The authorities additionally record the headings Tane Aleksanteri Mäkelä, Tane Mäkelä, Aleksanteri Mäkelä and Alex Mäkelä. His recorded language was Finnish. He was the child of Vesa Mäkelä.
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Aleksi Mäkelä is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as having received Jussi Award for Best Direction and Finnish State Prize for Cinema.
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Life and career
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1969
Aleksi Mäkelä was born on 20 November 1969.
Films
• The Romanov Stones (Romanovin kivet, 1993) • Sunset Riders (Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat, 1994) • The Tough Ones (Häjyt, 1999) • The South (Lomalla, 2000) • Bad Boys (Pahat pojat, 2003) • Vares: Private Eye (Vares – yksityisetsivä, 2004) • Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (Matti, 2006) • V2: Dead Angel (V2 – Jäätynyt enkeli, 2007) • Hellsinki (Rööperi, 2009) • Life for Sale (Kotirauha, 2011) • The Hijack That Went South (Kaappari, 2013) • Kummeli V (2014) • Love Records: Gimme Some Love (Love Records – Anna mulle Lovee, 2016) • 95 (2017)
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