Toivo Särkkä
Illustration — T.J. Särkkä Toivo Jalmari Särkkä (20 November 1890, in Mikkeli – 9 February 1975, in Helsinki), born Toivo Hjalmar Silén, was a Finnish film producer and director. He was CEO of the production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus.
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Toivo Särkkä
Suomalaisen elokuvan vuosikymmenet: johdatus kotimaisen elokuvan ja elokuva-alan historiaan 1896-1963 / Kari Uusitalo, Helsinki: Otava, 1965, picture gallery of Finnish film makers · Public domain
- Full name
- Toivo Hjalmar Silén.
- Born
- 1890. · Mikkeli.
- Died
- 1975. · Marjaniemi.
- Nationality
- Finland and Grand Duchy of Finland.
- Occupation
- film producer, film director, actor and screenwriter.
- Education
- Helsinki Normal Lyceum.
- Honours
- Jussi Award for Best Short Film, Jussi Award for Best Direction and Jussi Award for Best Producer.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Illustration — T.J. Särkkä Toivo Jalmari Särkkä (20 November 1890, in Mikkeli – 9 February 1975, in Helsinki), born Toivo Hjalmar Silén, was a Finnish film producer and director. He was CEO of the production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus.
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Toivo Särkkä studied at Helsinki Normal Lyceum. The recorded working language is Finnish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Positions recorded include chief executive officer. Distinctions recorded are Jussi Award for Best Short Film, Jussi Award for Best Direction and Jussi Award for Best Producer.
Before his career in filmmaking, Särkkä worked as a bank manager and chairman in Kotimainen Työ, an organization promoting Finnish work and products. After the death of Erkki Karu, founder and owner of Suomen Filmiteollisuus, Särkkä became the CEO thus producing 233 and directing 49 feature films. In 1965, when the Finnish film industry was in difficulties due to the coming of television, Särkkä initiated bankruptcy of Suomen Filmiteollisuus. Films directed by Särkkä are e.g. Suomisen perhe, Helmikuun manifesti, Kulkurin valssi and Vaivaisukon morsian. Särkkä married Russian-Lithuanian Margariitta Beljavsky in 1914. They had one daughter.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Woman is the Wild Card (1944) • Radio tekee murron (1951) • Kvinnan bakom allt (1951) • Rovaniemen markkinoilla (1951) • Pekka Puupää (1953) • Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla (1953) • The Milkmaid (1953) • Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä (1954) • Hilma's Name Day (1954) • Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä (1955) • Kiinni on ja pysyy (1955) • The Unknown Soldier (1955) • Juha (1956) • 1918 (1957) • Miriam (1957) • Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958) • Skandaali tyttökoulussa (1960) • Komisario Palmun erehdys (1960) • Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960) • The Scarlet Dove (1961)
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