Diana Ringo | |
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 Ringo in 2017 | |
| Born | (1992-03-08)March 8, 1992 (age 33) |
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| Website | dianaringo.com |
Diana Ringo (born 8 March 1992) is aFinnishfilm director, composer and visual artist. She is best known for the filmsQuarantine (2021) and1984 (2023).[1][2][3]
Diana was born in the family of Finnish researcher Reijo Mononen and Russian-Finnish artist Elena Ringo. Her great-grandfathers are inventorJosef Ringo[4] and mathematicianSergey Nikolsky.[5]
Her director debut is dystopian feature film dramaQuarantine (2021)[6] which was shortlisted for the 2022 Golden Globes as a foreign entry.[7][8] She was also composer of the film and for the film's score she wrote 26 original tracks.
In November 2022 it was announced that her feature film based on George Orwell's dystopian novelNineteen Eighty-Four would be released in 2023.[9][10][11] Her film1984 was released on 15 November 2023.
In February 2025, the trailer forThe Curse of Modigliani was released. The film, starring Edward Pishiyski and based on an original screenplay by Diana Ringo, marks her first English-language feature. Shot in Helsinki, it is set for release in the latter half of 2025.[12][13]
Diana Ringo's directorial style has been compared to the works ofAndrei Tarkovsky,Terrence Malick andAleksandr Sokurov.[14]
Her music for the filmMillion Loves in Me bySampson Yuen won the award for the Best Original Score at the LAFA Awards in 2020.[15] She also composed the score for theSanta Monica College short filmHinge by Lisa Mayo in 2019.
Diana grew up in Helsinki and was interested in music since early childhood. At the age of five, pianist Dmitry Soloviev, discovered that Diana has perfect pitch. She started to study piano and Soloviev became her first music teacher.[1][16]
She studied piano with famous pianists such asJanne Mertanen,Risto Lauriala. She has attended master classes by the Hollywood composerLalo Schifrin, directorsPaul Verhoeven andDavid Lynch.
Diana Ringo is a classically educated pianist. Her original compositions combine classical and romantic influences with modern electronics and synthesizers. Her favorite classical composers areBach,Beethoven andChopin. Film score composers whose works have influenced Diana Ringo includeEnnio Morricone,Dmitri Shostakovich,Michel Legrand,Giorgio Moroder andLalo Schifrin.[1][4][17]
She is also a singer. On 17 August 2025 she released her single titled "Happy Mealz" off her post-punk albumCyberwolf.[18][19][20] The album was released on 17 October 2025.[21][22]
In 2020 Diana Ringo was the first Finnish woman to pose in thePlayboy Spain magazine.[23][24][25]
As a visual artist and painter, Diana works with oil, gouache, digital techniques, collage and mixed media.[3][26]
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